House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
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Official title: To require each agency to evaluate the permitting system of the agency, to consider whether permitting by rule could replace that system, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Celeste Maloy R-UTWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 2025
- Committee actionMay 21, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 28, 2025 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 303.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 689.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 689, FREE Act” on October 27, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on May 21, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61839
- CBO publication date
- October 27, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 689, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/689
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-351 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on October 28, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 28, 2025 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/351
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 689, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/689
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1813275cf5723f1c2120d4060fed4970eee9270bc1fe4da7cc685c203e0144cf
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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. MALOY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 14, January 23, 2025, Page H389):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2025 ↗
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- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 689, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/689
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1813275cf5723f1c2120d4060fed4970eee9270bc1fe4da7cc685c203e0144cf
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
19 cosponsors — 19 Republicans
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Mike Collins (R-GA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Vince Fong (R-CA), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Jeff Hurd (R-CO), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Blake Moore (R-UT), James Moylan (R-GU), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Burgess Owens (R-UT), August Pfluger (R-TX), Pete Stauber (R-MN), David Valadao (R-CA), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Celeste Maloy.
- H.J.Res. 60 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Park Service…
- H.R. 3073 (119th) Shivwits Band of Paiutes Jurisdictional Clarity Act
- H.R. 4285 (119th) STARS Act
- H.R. 301 (119th) GEO Act
- H.R. 302 (119th) Water Rights Protection Act
- H.R. 5091 (119th) To amend section 5545 of title 5, United States Code, to provide hazard pay for carrying out prescribed burns, and for other purposes.
Related bills
- S. 238 (119th) FREE ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.