To withdraw certain land within the San Bernardino National Forest in California from location, entry, and patent under mining laws, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6869.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OBERNOLTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 209, December 19, 2023, Page H6999):
  the power granted under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: related to Natural Resources and Federal lands.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 19, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  180 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6869, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6869

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9bb51dd436aeba7127b2d26a1533e3871e0ef0ba9070ae7e47698148b21d4c9d

  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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