Federal Lands and Waters Leasing Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9696.

• 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. 146, September 19, 2024, Page H5525):
  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: This legislation amends title 44, United States Code, to modernize the Federal Register, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  459 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9696, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9696

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 16, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c36c006758d0839f2dba7bd518ce49b5b01476572a6f011dbb14448911d90d39

  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 16, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9696, last updated December 16, 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.