National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 900.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LABRADOR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 23, February 11, 2015, Page H983):
  This legislation has been written pursuant to Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2, which gives Congress the authority ``To dispose or 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 February 11, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  380 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 900, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/900

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c3928af8f17ea611ae7bc73160acf6264b9c95920118537552b68ec70f891558

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 900, last updated December 5, 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.