To cancel Federal oil and gas leases held by entities that manipulate the market price of oil or gas in violation of certain Federal law, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9118.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BARRAGAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 120, July 24, 2024, Page H4913):
  Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Prevents bids on new federal oil and gas leases for energy companies that are found by the Federal Trade Commission to collude with OPEC, and ends existing leases for those colluding companies.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 24, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9118, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9118

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 3, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  475a1928f5ced1a2349266524ffc9f499a1ccd975cf546d810145983327779dd

  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 October 3, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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