Mountain Valley Pipeline Completion Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3500.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 84, May 18, 2023, Page H2458):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The single subject of this legislation is: To expedite the completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2023 ↗

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  271 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3500, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3500

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 24, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  603236417054854033314f1a38b6629eecbf867e6985ed51c4195f9b0edf0989

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 24, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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