District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2651.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOHMERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 67, April 19, 2021, Page H1955):
  Article 1, Section 8, US Constitution: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 19, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  498 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2651, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2651

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d8eff257aff205407fc1bcd97acdd29c0ce612acbfcbfb3d5b9d84a789db9e4c

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2651, last updated February 4, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.