Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4606.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4606, Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act” on May 24, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 9, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 24, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53896

  CBO publication date

  May 24, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4606, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4606

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ca4c131a2a324aa255b8027684fdda9c1767d3bb803c81be195ca811c5bcb642

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-842 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 18, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 18, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/842

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4606, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4606

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ca4c131a2a324aa255b8027684fdda9c1767d3bb803c81be195ca811c5bcb642

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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. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 201, December 11, 2017, Page H9789):
  The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 11, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  97 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4606, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4606

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ca4c131a2a324aa255b8027684fdda9c1767d3bb803c81be195ca811c5bcb642

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

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