To restart jobs in the timber industry by providing for the protection of the Mexican Spotted Owl in sanctuaries.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1202.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PEARCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1987):
  Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States grants Congress the power to enact this law.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 24, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  116 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1202, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1202

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 24, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  79a069472d6864fc7c105b577b059a481f5fad5a5dd9fadddddcf9e30e795bce

  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 January 24, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1202, last updated January 24, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.