Mineral Mining Parity Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6862.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6862, Mineral Mining Parity Act” on September 10, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on March 12, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 10, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60700

  CBO publication date

  September 10, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6862, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6862

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-794 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 4, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 4, 2024 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/794

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6862, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6862

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eda44716e8d5d51ae0781915512eaac119f6501c5dc124bf029be3d4eac82774

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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. LAMBORN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 209, December 19, 2023, Page H6999):
  Article I Section VIII of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Amending the FAST Act to include mineral production
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 19, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  151 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6862, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6862

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eda44716e8d5d51ae0781915512eaac119f6501c5dc124bf029be3d4eac82774

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