To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite geothermal exploration and development in previously studied or developed areas.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6474.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-689 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 18, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/689

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6474, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6474

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  73904ae9647bbd4d27b8f53176c6e53c9c05cde79ab26593a7a02a3130be7c8a

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. STEEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 192, November 21, 2023, Page H5903):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Energy
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 21, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  70 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6474, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6474

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  73904ae9647bbd4d27b8f53176c6e53c9c05cde79ab26593a7a02a3130be7c8a

  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 (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6474, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.