No Drilling in Our Backyards Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4246.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BARRAGAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 179, November 3, 2017, Page H8496):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: ``The Congress shall have the 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.'' Article I, Section 8: ``To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 3, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  438 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4246, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4246

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  52eb2a9b21fbbea6b37596da7a3332517bb4f5f6bdd16b5c85dc9f93203e20e2

  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. 4246, 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.