Confederate Monument Removal Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7217.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 110, June 15, 2020, Page H2398):
  Constitutional authority for this bill is derived pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States. Constitutional authority further derives from the authorities in Article IV, Section 3, clause 2, which provides Congress with the power to ``dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory and other Property belonging to the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  527 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7217, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7217

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ce4906ae3fbc83f5dce741cadca7b1bf811d11cfc34fd76d8709b1c2d5e6b546

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7217, last updated December 5, 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.