Lumbee Recognition Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2352.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PITTENGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 77, May 4, 2017, Page H4178):
  Article 1 Section 8 Clause 3 states: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 4, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  378 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2352, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2352

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  78db7be1cf165b04e2bceb173ca2fbd90f17cb56fe87aba1ab231b77e97acb0f

  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 10, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2352, last updated December 10, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.