To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include copper as a critical mineral, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3885.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CISCOMANI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 99, June 7, 2023, Page H2779):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: The single subject of this legislation is Copper's official designation on the USGS' list of critical minerals
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 7, 2023 ↗

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  174 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3885, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3885

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3569bfc275f24116260c33e2a49a86745cad16521870e595ad5ca08d78a7c11c

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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