Productive Public Lands Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1997.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HURD of Colorado, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 44, March 10, 2025, Page H1068):
  Article 1 Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1997, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1997

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 17, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f4436a0c2a89ac7014e91f836249520f166ed313c1a3762c52f5b390a845bb5f

  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 17, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1997, last updated February 17, 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.