Congressional Oversight of the Antiquities Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5499.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 149, September 14, 2023, Page H4348):
  Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Provide congressional oversight of the Antiquities Act
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  142 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5499, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5499

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a2155707d09daf707ceb7198ff9840b1e60cd9d973fa0dffc4f77854be0d4336

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5499, last updated December 5, 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.