Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4338.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-865 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 12, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 12, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/865

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4338, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4338

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a26a26e84fc133b619f8e03001e5e4bd5bfa6d1543af55f32caad11b0f7a0149

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaHOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 110, June 23, 2023, Page H3144):
  U.S. Constitution 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: The bill would amend the National Trails System Act to designate a trail of approximately 2,400 miles extending from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, as the Route 66 National Historic Trail.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 23, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  470 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4338, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4338

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a26a26e84fc133b619f8e03001e5e4bd5bfa6d1543af55f32caad11b0f7a0149

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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