Stop the Rate Hikes Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8002.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARDER of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 64, April 15, 2024, Page H2398):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require States to consider measures that limit the amount of retail utility rate increases a utility company can request to once every 365 days.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  291 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8002, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8002

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4be0184913157ce05e79eef07b5fb76bdf165fcc58b6014b1c51c965fb730cba

  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 January 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8002, last updated January 15, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.