To designate the Department of Energy Integrated Engineering Research Center Federal Building located at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, as the "Helen Edwards Engineering Research Center".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 783.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 783, a bill to designate the Department of Energy Integrated Engineering Research Center Federal Building located at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, as the ‘‘Helen Edwards Engineering Research Center’’” on April 17, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 28, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59080

  CBO publication date

  April 17, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 783, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/783

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fccc81cff20094289c296af3d8a595fac92a1ae4a273ef81e94e7153f8565ff8

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-163 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on August 22, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 22, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/163

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 783, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/783

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fccc81cff20094289c296af3d8a595fac92a1ae4a273ef81e94e7153f8565ff8

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FOSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 22, February 2, 2023, Page H681):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Legislating.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  180 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 783, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/783

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fccc81cff20094289c296af3d8a595fac92a1ae4a273ef81e94e7153f8565ff8

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

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