House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 10, 2019
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 16, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2019 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 453.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FLEISCHMANN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H464):Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 453, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/453
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 453, 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.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Tom Cole (R-OK), Paul Cook (R-CA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Walter Jones (R-NC), Mark Meadows (R-NC), David Roe (R-TN).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Fleischmann.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.