Eastern Band Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3599.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FLEISCHMANN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 138, September 24, 2015, Page H6228):
  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.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 24, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  194 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3599, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3599

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bc4c4714d25f3395f08a823a4b0fab54ee2f4d40591c8ec96705c1d22ac45c02

  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. 3599, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.