Methane Emissions Reduction Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5964.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CURTIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 170, October 17, 2023, Page H5021):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: directing the Secretary of Energy to carry out a comprehensive program on methane emissions with restrictions.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 17, 2023 ↗

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  184 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5964, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5964

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eb304de245e193ae09d05683bead47b3289c8a5d0ed1d4fb23d130852bfcae14

  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 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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