Protect America’s Lands Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1309.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 30, February 13, 2025, Page H711):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  40 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1309, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1309

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 10, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1ddfbf132177d8fb977f7317c2e3bc564692334bb20ce5c31069639070933a38

  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 October 7, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1309, last updated October 7, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 10, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.