To require a report on Puerto Rico's progress toward rebuilding the electric grid and detailing the efforts the Federal Government is undertaking to expedite such rebuilding, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3878.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TORRES of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 98, June 6, 2023, Page H2765):
  Article I, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: Puerto Rico Electric Grid
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  90 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3878, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3878

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b1d7d8b1406c7ce5eb700d61b45d90942ce2b9833c2f4c380910eca5ed96fe80

  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 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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