ROWATA Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6011.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6011, ROWATA Act” on February 26, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on December 6, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 26, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60013

  CBO publication date

  February 26, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6011, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6011

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5c722ee9acbd509b42e90393a223ade3fa09f0017289959bb8ea8de8b5bee4d9

• 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. 118-420 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on March 12, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 12, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/420

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6011, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6011

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5c722ee9acbd509b42e90393a223ade3fa09f0017289959bb8ea8de8b5bee4d9

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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. VALADAO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 173, October 20, 2023, Page H5039):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (Property Clause) The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to notify applicants of the completion status of right-of-way applications under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 20, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  355 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6011, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6011

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5c722ee9acbd509b42e90393a223ade3fa09f0017289959bb8ea8de8b5bee4d9

  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. 6011, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.