Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1544.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 46, March 10, 2023, Page H1280):
  Article IV Section 3 clause 2: ``The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States;'' The single subject of this legislation is: To adjust the boundary of Big Bend National Park in the State of Texas.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1544, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1544

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  941a255236b9f4a601997dda718f057fb085600a3584160262505735b9b3622e

  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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