Chisholm National Historic Trail and Western National Historic Trail Designation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 247.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESTES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 8, January 10, 2023, Page H151):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations the territory or other property belonging to the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  182 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 247, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/247

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 12, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  137c26644094fd24f568988eb61620246d48c12408696a1c39ed29204bad54ec

  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 June 12, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 247, last updated June 12, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.