Forest Biomass Emissions Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8618.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 95, June 4, 2024, Page H3656):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause III The Congress shall have Power . . .] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; . . . Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: The bill mandates comprehensive evaluation and reporting on the environmental and community impacts of using forest biomass for electricity, aiming to ensure informed…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  733 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8618, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8618

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  926384158d3fae9010cff8d4bc2f3714e602333d078281e8c60c8b3d8bfd4684

  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 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8618, last updated January 16, 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.