Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4824.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4824, Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018” on July 23, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 6, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 23, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54241

  CBO publication date

  July 23, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4824, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4824

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  690ecf1f23a41375ef701c8bdae6452b16dfc4572df3e932c2ce24f3c6baa30a

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-881 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on August 3, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 3, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/881

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4824, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4824

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  690ecf1f23a41375ef701c8bdae6452b16dfc4572df3e932c2ce24f3c6baa30a

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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. CURTIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 11, January 18, 2018, Page H554):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 18, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4824, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4824

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  690ecf1f23a41375ef701c8bdae6452b16dfc4572df3e932c2ce24f3c6baa30a

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4824, last updated December 10, 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.