Methane Emissions Mitigation Research and Development Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7651.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 45, March 13, 2024, Page H1181):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To provide for methane emissions detection and mitigation research and development.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 13, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  177 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7651, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7651

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 16, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8fa6d8bf6d7ce85207875c4b2fa7a2636892c6a32bbac2c92b92ae281cd458be

  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 16, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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