To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2072.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2072, a bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects” on February 17, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 2, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 17, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62136

  CBO publication date

  February 17, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2072, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2072

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6a3e4e98ed6a069d21e36449243af1f04a0f84dc9fcd3606b165891054f5d3b7

• 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. 119-477 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on February 2, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 2, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/477

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2072, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2072

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6a3e4e98ed6a069d21e36449243af1f04a0f84dc9fcd3606b165891054f5d3b7

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEWHOUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 45, March 11, 2025, Page H1152):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2072, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2072

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6a3e4e98ed6a069d21e36449243af1f04a0f84dc9fcd3606b165891054f5d3b7

  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 noteThe text of this bill is contained in S 1020 (119), which became P.L. 119-90.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 15, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2072, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2072

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6a3e4e98ed6a069d21e36449243af1f04a0f84dc9fcd3606b165891054f5d3b7

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