To nullify Executive Order 14072 and prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior from implementing, administering, or enforcing such Executive Order or any substantially similar executive order.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8865.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaMALFA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 108, June 27, 2024, Page H4411):
  Article 1, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To nullify Executive Order 14072 and prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior from implementing, administering, or enforcing such Executive Order or any substantially similar executive order.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8865, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8865

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 24, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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  b13ea7f2f67feb789426ea1b4cd472dee72d9990aa00f597dfd58e2d6309c50d

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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