Breaking Irresponsible Energy and Commercial Habits Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8160.

• 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 prohibit the breaching of federally operated dams in certain circumstances, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  165 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8160, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8160

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4600a9ab5e8d0fc48f15608da70b2ce1ee4d1e25982435e95b89a42270b4d282

  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 10, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8160, last updated August 10, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.