Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8403.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 84, May 15, 2024, Page H3273):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States The single subject of this legislation is: Natural Resources
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  132 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8403, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8403

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3a932740a468ad01ec057ff65887d82fc08c80c4cad3ae1a242259c6b4094fad

  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. 8403, 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.