To extend the authority to establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor Brigadier General Francis Marion and his service.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 477.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 11, January 22, 2015, Page H533):
  Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2, relating to the power of Congress 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 January 22, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

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  197 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 477, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/477

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  390b2f669af32af4d62b5e86acda3fae4be3deefb5d16efb584fdfdb783e6b22

  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 January 2, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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