Buffalo Tract Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1221.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STANSBURY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 37, February 27, 2023, Page H917):
  Article I, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: To withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from mineral development.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  141 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1221, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1221

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c543bc917e7c7eb3ff0957eba61f6eba98c37703b0838ba335cf191ad6d6efc4

  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. 1221, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.