Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5244.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KEATING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 42, March 9, 2018, Page H1507):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which provides Congress with the power to regulate commerces and relations between the United States and Indian Tribes, and to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution of the foregoing powers, as well as all other power vested by the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 9, 2018 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5244, 115th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5244

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  aa1f8db48ea0243bcc3ba1ce7d55abe4de3d285c940569cf65b0a37d991303f3

  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.

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