Francis G. Newlands Memorial Removal Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1021.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 30, February 14, 2023, Page H841):
  clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to remove or permanently conceal the name of Francis Newlands on the grounds of the memorial fountain located at Chevy Chase Circle in the District of Columbia.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  300 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1021, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1021

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a13cd461aee97301a2bf47649f9ec60a6addd7d0afc56299c6792e299b4994a5

  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.

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