Blackwell School National Historic Site Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8221.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HURD of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 157, September 11, 2020, Page H4337):
  Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 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 September 11, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  201 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8221, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8221

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  66d07f223ef53539bd66f6423cab9d28c244fe70f126a0da08e5b632c750bdc2

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8221, last updated January 3, 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.