Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Recognition Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1964.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUTTERFIELD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 54, March 28, 2019, Page H2918):
  Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, Congress has the power to collect taxes and expend funds to provide for the general welfare of the United States. Congress may also make laws that are necessary and proper for carrying into execution their powers enumerated under Article I.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 28, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  298 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1964, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1964

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  245fae12f83dfacd36c7f3a25d803f34e87d2c32f6df5b1ff66fed64f1df98b0

  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 9, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1964, last updated December 9, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.