Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 279.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLEGO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 7, January 12, 2021, Page H149):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: ``[The Congress shall have the power . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  311 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 279, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/279

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0400944725fdbe9f85885f9dbd3948b597e4d2a3f965dcec939300bd52b1c643

  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. 279, last updated December 5, 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.