To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility of employees of a land management agency in a time-limited appointment to compete for a permanent appointment at any Federal agency, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4906.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4906, a bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility of employees of a land management agency in a time limited appointment to compete for permanent appointment at any Federal agency, and for other purposes” on May 3, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 14, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 3, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51521

  CBO publication date

  May 3, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4906, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4906

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  21f3908ae977b471691cea8dc20e39cd23e5434a34d0e59f1374c03fa08db329

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-601 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on May 31, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 31, 2016 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/601

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4906, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4906

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  21f3908ae977b471691cea8dc20e39cd23e5434a34d0e59f1374c03fa08db329

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 55, April 12, 2016, Page H1635):
  Article I, Section VIII, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 12, 2016 ↗

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  Statement length

  34 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4906, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4906

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  21f3908ae977b471691cea8dc20e39cd23e5434a34d0e59f1374c03fa08db329

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4906, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.