House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 11, 2024
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Latest action: Oct 11, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9970.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUDSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 155, October 11, 2024, Page H5868):Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: EnergySource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 11, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 92 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9970, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
79c5f4cdf8313135303d0c19bf1c633f926d70656c412803bf6650bb79d4d59f
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
13 cosponsors — 13 Republicans
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Mike Carey (R-OH), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Jake LaTurner (R-KS), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), August Pfluger (R-TX), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Chip Roy (R-TX), Tim Walberg (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Richard Hudson.
- H.R. 4167 (118th) Protecting America’s Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act
- H.R. 1352 (118th) Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2023
- H.R. 4420 (118th) Preparedness and Response Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 4421 (118th) Preparing for All Hazards and Pathogens Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 38 (118th) Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act
- H.R. 2377 (118th) Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.