To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1234.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILDEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2038):
  The Indian Commerce Clause: Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I and the Necessary and Proper Clause: Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  156 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1234, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1234

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f87ded345123ef3ff8d5f3bfc4ddd597f7b6d3a961fec8dacf349c7e4cb7ef62

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1234, last updated April 7, 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.