Lead by Example Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4744.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 124, July 19, 2023, Page H3859):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to ``lead by example'' by implementing minimum temperature requirements at each agency's headquarters, based on recommendations for thermostats made by DOE's Energy Star Savings Program.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 19, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  364 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4744, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4744

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8ffb1228d6eb3e0a83d6d68200ee6d8def7467716c8aef8d6a7b25b0abf8ae88

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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