SMART Energy Efficiency Standards Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4378.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LESKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 112, June 27, 2023, Page H3152):
  The power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To lower energy costs by increasing American energy production and restoring energy leadership.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  230 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4378, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4378

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5733f38012875c94b518cc798640a055589c9e776f981dcb507598cda5929057

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4378, last updated January 15, 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.