Ratepayer Funding Alternative Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8155.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEWHOUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 73, April 29, 2024, Page H2701):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: to direct the Secretary of Energy to develop fish and wildlife program funding alternatives to mitigate the cost to Bonneville Power Administration ratepayers, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8155, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8155

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 13, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dd93e684f42b15fc9a6f1365347a6e18336ce65425197b9359e4a7dc1fbb62b2

  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 August 13, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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