Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7422.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7422, Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2024” on September 4, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 16, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 4, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60688

  CBO publication date

  September 4, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7422, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7422

  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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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-670 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 12, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 12, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/670

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7422, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7422

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b3be6a4c101a278f8685946d6d95c0132df8c416c3c39adece3e37acdff76fee

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 32, February 20, 2024, Page H687):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Geothermal energy.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 20, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  82 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7422, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7422

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b3be6a4c101a278f8685946d6d95c0132df8c416c3c39adece3e37acdff76fee

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7422, 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.