Midway Atoll Trust Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6879.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 158, September 25, 2018, Page H8885):
  Article IV, Section 3: ``The Congress shall have 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.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 25, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  320 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6879, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6879

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  12197631b99a0072e660c8c87a75f0e0eac26859221481b9e8c92127205f6726

  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. 6879, last updated August 11, 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.