Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 596.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOSAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H431-H432):
  This bill addresses management of federal land. Accordingly, we turn to the following constitutional authority: Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2. 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. Currently, the federal government possesses approximately 1.8 billion acres of land. The U.S. Constitution specifically addresses the relationship of the federal government to lands. Article IV, Sec. 3, Clause 2--the Property Clause-- gives Congress plenary…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  955 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 596, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/596

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1de9aa382b7e7d88a66a8387e122fb6d7c213e83b9d729d695ce4f028f5255e2

  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 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 596, last updated August 12, 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.