Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5556.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5556, Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2018” on September 13, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 18, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 13, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54469

  CBO publication date

  September 13, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5556, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5556

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0cbdead393fc7a74479d57b4e39f995fc15172a4392eea31588edd3255d2700f

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-954 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 20, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 20, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/954

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5556, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5556

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0cbdead393fc7a74479d57b4e39f995fc15172a4392eea31588edd3255d2700f

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOSAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 63, April 18, 2018, Page H3442):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3. (Commerce Clause) The Commerce Clause give Congress the power to ``regulate commerce . . . among the several States.'' If the matter in question is not purely a local matter or if it has an impact on inter-state commerce, then it falls within Congress' powers. National Federal of Independent Business v. Sebilius. (2012).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 18, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  354 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5556, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5556

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0cbdead393fc7a74479d57b4e39f995fc15172a4392eea31588edd3255d2700f

  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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