TREES Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5364.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 145, September 8, 2023, Page H4230):
  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 purpose of the bill is to require the U.S. Forest Service to construct barriers and alter trail routes to protect old growth trees in the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness Area.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5364, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5364

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 24, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  046a01ca6599d6b28739a632420fe41c525350fa53bb0d3774417c66e3bfeb15

  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 January 24, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5364, last updated January 24, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.