To extend Federal recognition to the Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians of South Carolina, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5083.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MACE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 131, July 28, 2023, Page H4152):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: Recognizing the Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians at the federal level
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 28, 2023 ↗

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  149 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5083, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5083

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7e428ccb4405aead70ab989ee71dbdf0db769447b312490ee88cf2589cefc1b8

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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