Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 226.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FLEISCHMANN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 3, January 7, 2025, Page H63):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, which states the Congress shall have the power ``to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or office thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  315 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 226, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/226

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 24, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  91ad6410de4468ff9076f95d1f1a21b0f0f0b8a9c9fc95ffde525defd68960f3

  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 September 24, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 226, last updated September 24, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.