Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2663.

• 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 (Vol. 161, No. 89, June 4, 2015, Page H3916):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2. (The Property Clause.) The Property Clause gives Congress the power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and states that nothing in the 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 land. The Property Clause gives Congress plenary power and full- authority over federal property. The U.S. Supreme Court has described Congress's…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2015 ↗

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  859 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2663, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2663

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2fe2563496a20ce67338f221072a5271946de4264d1ba2614719702f35457c7f

  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.

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