Puerto Rico National Scenic Trail Study Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4218.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. GONZALEZ-COLON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 107, June 20, 2023, Page H2991):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution: Congress shall have the power. . . ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: The bill would amend the National Trails System Act to authorize a study on the feasibility of establishing the Puerto Rico National Scenic Trail.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 20, 2023 ↗

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  519 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4218, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4218

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c3aec7356135d83ead7fb0723d0ef96a7f919f42d7858d069ec29c77e7a6d4de

  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 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4218, last updated June 11, 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.