Common Sense Permitting Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6106.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6106, Common Sense Permitting Act” on September 13, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 20, 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/54465

  CBO publication date

  September 13, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6106, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6106

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  12bd4223fd2f57a16f511503d4b785a6b6786196a4a16cd11d47c6968a0b5b30

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-955 ↗. 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/955

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6106, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6106

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  12bd4223fd2f57a16f511503d4b785a6b6786196a4a16cd11d47c6968a0b5b30

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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. PEARCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 99, June 14, 2018, Page H5200):
  Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 Article I, Section 8, clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 14, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  63 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6106, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6106

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  12bd4223fd2f57a16f511503d4b785a6b6786196a4a16cd11d47c6968a0b5b30

  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. 6106, last updated April 7, 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.