Geothermal Gold Book Development Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5617.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5617, Geothermal Gold Book Development Act” on April 15, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 5, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 15, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62345

  CBO publication date

  April 15, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5617, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5617

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 28, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 29, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-659 ↗. 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/659

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5617, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5617

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 28, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 29, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ANSARI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 163, October 3, 2025, Page H4517):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 3, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5617, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5617

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 28, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 29, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b3f5aa5aa6a9d0568109cea9619c4e10c6a8e3daeb39ad106045ba0a90f0005e

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5617, last updated September 28, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 29, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.