American Energy Independence and Affordability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5862.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 179, October 28, 2025, Page H4560):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (Tax and Spending) and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 28, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  108 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5862, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5862

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4a0787e6cbbf9ca72dc1580f3c93f35e472864354420217a679418eec0fd802c

  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 April 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5862, last updated April 9, 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.