Castner Range National Monument Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2596.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. O'ROURKE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 89, May 23, 2017, Page H4503):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Office thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  287 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2596, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2596

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a524f72f377311fa9a119516d1b45cf4f29245f96393a0e98135f501dce891ad

  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 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2596, last updated August 11, 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.