To modify the application of temporary limited appointment regulations to the National Park Service, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6599.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6599, a bill to modify the application of temporary limited appointment regulations to the National Park Service, and for other purposes” on September 21, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 5, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 21, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54490

  CBO publication date

  September 21, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6599, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6599

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e68a6168c9f0ae2f92a6bdbdb12815b588579000151749b76ea3a78952067cb9

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-967 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 25, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 2018 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/967

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6599, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6599

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e68a6168c9f0ae2f92a6bdbdb12815b588579000151749b76ea3a78952067cb9

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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. KNIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 126, July 26, 2018, Page H7726):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2018 ↗

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  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6599, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6599

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e68a6168c9f0ae2f92a6bdbdb12815b588579000151749b76ea3a78952067cb9

  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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