Protect America’s Lands Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7494.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 37, February 29, 2024, Page H773):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill will stop the SEC from implementing the proposed rule or future similar rules that would allow Natural Asset Companies to list their assets on the NYSE or any other securities exchange.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 29, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  280 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7494, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7494

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6381f17a82a4279cb9fe735710902737e3f02bc0ecb23be58067f3a2c861bf7a

  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 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7494, last updated December 6, 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.