Advancing Conservation and Education Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 244.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-639 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 14, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 14, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/639

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 244, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/244

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f77b6f95b2a24651248d975853e6adf6fd6fd83ec5ca1723c1b37ef191081043

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEWART, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 2, January 4, 2019, Page H228):
  Tenth Amendment, United States Constitution Article IV, section 3, clause 2 (relating to the power of Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 4, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  242 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 244, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/244

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f77b6f95b2a24651248d975853e6adf6fd6fd83ec5ca1723c1b37ef191081043

  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 (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 244, last updated April 7, 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.