Biomass for Transportation Fuel Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7609.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARAMENDI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 43, March 11, 2024, Page H1093):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide for the generation of Renewable Identification Numbers under the renewable fuel program for electricity from renewable biomass, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2024 ↗

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  364 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7609, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7609

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3ed18aa93e14765c020a64707a4744eb58fc84ccd5192ce767b91ec89063643e

  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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