Fort Monroe National Historical Park Establishment Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1581.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 37, February 25, 2025, Page H837):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1581, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1581

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 6, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e0d19c4fd22b77fa991779e78951a3ef8a8d7328ae0e2a651ec67c65e1b66753

  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 February 6, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1581, last updated February 6, 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.