Ethics in Energy Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4785.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CASTOR of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 130, July 29, 2025, Page H3664):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution provides Congress with the authority to ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfare'' of Americans.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  159 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4785, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4785

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  75f2a72af217954decd44e045f35c1f83e87fcd60b5347588cdde23b8cb83a82

  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 March 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4785, last updated March 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.