Protecting America’s Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4167.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4167, Protecting America’s Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act” on January 30, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on December 5, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 30, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59928

  CBO publication date

  January 30, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4167, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4167

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  37174a1c79fe373abd2266a3f27142aff8074fa1256cfdf1a3129d1180484943

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-431 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 26, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 26, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/431

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4167, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4167

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  37174a1c79fe373abd2266a3f27142aff8074fa1256cfdf1a3129d1180484943

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUDSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 105, June 15, 2023, Page H2960):
  Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Energy
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  92 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4167, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4167

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  37174a1c79fe373abd2266a3f27142aff8074fa1256cfdf1a3129d1180484943

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4167, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.