Gabrielino/Tongva Nation Recognition Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6859.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 209, December 19, 2023, Page H6999):
  This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl.1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec.8Cl. 18). Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of The single subject of this legislation is: to federally recognize the Gabrielino/Tongva Nation.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 19, 2023 ↗

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  468 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6859, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6859

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  91eef49d9bf94b3bbc24bbf4a0b0f06ac97468cf2f947fcc3ec70f27a74bb701

  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.

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