Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2254.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3096):
  Article I, Section 8: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; ``To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; ``To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; ``To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; ``To provide for…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  2,666 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2254, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2254

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  28d82d7ed2e5e4c50b29737722ea7917137a3ac287ef70dc93e8ee4596f47ec7

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2254, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.