To correct the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in Florida, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4222.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SOUTHERLAND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2361):
  SUCH AS Article IV, section 3 of the Constitution of the United States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill. The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  413 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4222, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4222

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d28f401f3941f1e490e0e0b87ba9890c760ea69aa0cce757af9fa76a2e3fdb71

  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. 4222, last updated April 7, 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.