To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities to suppress wildfires, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 178.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-429 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on January 8, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/429

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 178, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/178

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8c007936d68e9ffee2160a6ad377bbc03da61fdad4743dee008c67140b087f4f

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCLINTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H42):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 The single subject of this legislation is: To require immediate suppression of wildfires on National Forest System lands
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  152 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 178, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/178

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8c007936d68e9ffee2160a6ad377bbc03da61fdad4743dee008c67140b087f4f

  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 (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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