COST Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 912.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FEENSTRA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 27, February 9, 2023, Page H827):
  Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Comptroller General and the Secretary of Energy to compare the financial and environmental costs of replacing the federal government gasoline-powered vehicles with electric vehicles or E85 capable flex-fuel vehicles
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  312 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 912, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/912

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f289df18a1c91945211c5d4f82ea7ff03fe9b64060987c0fdc2b5ef3ee97af15

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 912, last updated February 4, 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.