United Houma Recognition Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7541.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 39, March 5, 2024, Page H822):
  Under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof'' The single subject of this legislation is: To extend Federal recognition to the United Houma Nation, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  428 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7541, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7541

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c5973b9bbed96a650b61b6b2d9cb8a8aabede00ef8b0d214b6bbecc13d8d33ec

  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 9, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7541, last updated July 9, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.