To authorize leases of up to 99 years for lands held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6964.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STRICKLAND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 40, March 7, 2022, Page H1330):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has 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 any Department or Officer thereof''.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  304 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6964, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6964

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  59818720d1f00e579c235310a486de15ad0dab801b99d573515daefec1bd806c

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6964, last updated April 7, 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.