Electronic Permitting Modernization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5509.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5509, Electronic Permitting Modernization Act” on June 17, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 15, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 17, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60417

  CBO publication date

  June 17, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5509, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5509

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08121ffacc3eaedd2e674ce2a495a598075f6a4bed4ccad491f2b00ce2b7b374

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-682 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 18, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/682

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5509, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5509

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08121ffacc3eaedd2e674ce2a495a598075f6a4bed4ccad491f2b00ce2b7b374

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 149, September 14, 2023, Page H4348):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To modernize permitting systems at the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  165 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5509, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5509

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08121ffacc3eaedd2e674ce2a495a598075f6a4bed4ccad491f2b00ce2b7b374

  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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