Grid Expansion and Reliability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8248.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOTTHEIMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 64, April 13, 2026, Page H2835):
  Article 1 Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 13, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8248, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8248

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ef99c01a86911f741664d662366975a28387b9241742e6ce98ff310a6a45b982

  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 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8248, last updated April 21, 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.