To provide for stability of title to certain lands in the State of Louisiana, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6247.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FLEMING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 147, September 28, 2016, Page H6106):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which states ``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, Congressional Record September 28, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  449 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6247, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6247

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6b86a91240de6f73eab2793980c37c50b628c872e604beaf4f1ac80d30ce8d26

  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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6247, last updated January 3, 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.