POWER Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9541.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9541, POWER Act of 2024” on November 21, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 18, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61035

  CBO publication date

  November 21, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9541, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9541

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e2316805f2f7a83bcd993dcc9c965abc14b4e261845cf0ead6a8798061d79580

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-808 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on December 5, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 5, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/808

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9541, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9541

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e2316805f2f7a83bcd993dcc9c965abc14b4e261845cf0ead6a8798061d79580

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HOYLE of Oregon, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 141, September 11, 2024, Page H5202):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress) The single subject of this legislation is: The single subject of this legislation is disaster response.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  320 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9541, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9541

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e2316805f2f7a83bcd993dcc9c965abc14b4e261845cf0ead6a8798061d79580

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9541, last updated November 18, 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.