House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Next Generation Pipelines Research and Development Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2024
- Committee actionMar 20, 2024
- Passed HouseSep 24, 2024 · 373–41
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 25, 2024 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7073.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-699 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on September 20, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 20, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/699
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7073, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7073
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. WEBER of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 11, January 22, 2024, Page H247):Article 1, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: To facilitate research and development of pipeline technologies.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2024 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 129 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7073, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7073
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b2315654ed04d836853b15283af656c6b680aded44ca08cbf2b1aa42aad68d8e
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Brandon Williams (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.