Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 647.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 20, January 31, 2023, Page H577):
  Purusant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the following statement is submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution. Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Modify Natural Gas Act to remove LNG export permitting process
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 647, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/647

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ec31ae45b10bcc480a94d1b84f1d8fc304b925e826d1ed73613b31307a183bc

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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