Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians Recognition Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 766.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BONNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1179):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. This bill is also enacted pursuant to no State shall enter into any Treaty Alliance, or Confederation, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 10, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  449 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 766, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/766

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  96fb15fe88de1ec877e1ededd8545eebefa5cd1c3db2e90600f050327a1f1281

  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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 766, last updated August 14, 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.