Federal Lands and Waters Leasing Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1194.

• 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. 171, No. 28, February 11, 2025, Page H645):
  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''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  303 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1194, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1194

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  48d5b5dd90fbb9c0f4d1f3b7e3532ef7a56d9368326c157c26f2114e161befaa

  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 March 4, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1194, last updated March 4, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.