Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 398.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-655 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 20, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 20, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/655

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 398, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/398

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5d3ceafeda402c31c5747c69c44c65fced723180e88a785a61d3a59b7679ab37

  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. OCASIO-CORTEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 7, January 14, 2025, Page H149):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  68 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 398, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/398

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5d3ceafeda402c31c5747c69c44c65fced723180e88a785a61d3a59b7679ab37

  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 (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 398, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.