Declaration of Energy Independence Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 526.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OGLES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 9, January 16, 2025, Page H223):
  Article I, Section VIII of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  57 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 526, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/526

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 17, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  632eb3081163d3664e5cf7471c878548b65d75254d76cee411be7b166cf4a803

  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 17, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 526, last updated December 17, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.