To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System land in Pound, Virginia.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2743.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5886):
  Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to the power of Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United States) and clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress)
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  292 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2743, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2743

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  06d21e13fa36d76add285ef257c49b73eb04ea05cce1eaf81bdb61ec0bf0a4aa

  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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2743, last updated January 3, 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.