To require congressional approval before the sale, disposal, declaration of excess or surplus, transfer, or conveyance of Federal property with historical significance, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2046.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FIGURES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 45, March 11, 2025, Page H1151):
  Article 4 of the U.S Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  33 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2046, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2046

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 13, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6750999187f5f1cf8361d9b345da42f466281e229620fffe88f41ab0091bcffd

  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 April 13, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2046, last updated April 13, 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.