To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1208.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 37, February 27, 2023, Page H916):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause. 18. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to take land into trust for all federally recognized Indian tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  196 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1208, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1208

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  81390f26c0fef9550019c6197cccc8216614c5580f6d4531c86c8dd2bb005350

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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