Utility Hikes Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8947.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VINDMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 86, May 20, 2026, Page H3670):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 20, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8947, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8947

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e2adbec52be4acd92a83fa93043535f39b6448a3f014869f6e62f571fbd4bdb7

  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 June 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8947, last updated June 23, 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.