To permit the territories of the United States to provide and furnish statues for placement in the national statuary hall.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5820.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SAN NICOLAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 26, February 7, 2020, Page H977):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution, Congress's authority to make rules and regulations respecting the Territories and possessions. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution, Congress's authority to make laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution all other powers vested
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

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  307 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5820, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5820

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  db187452c103d21e1005b8e6ae9717fab0f0f4150f579758579d8b6e79f6cf6f

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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