Protect the West Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1236.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CROW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 38, February 28, 2023, Page H971):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: To establish an Outdoor Restoration Fund for restoration and resilience projects, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  358 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1236, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1236

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6de21548994339b540a60ed3cb0ccd7d09eec47c2086a84544bafb45ec7b14d5

  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. 1236, 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.