Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian Tribe of Southampton County, Virginia, Federal Recognition Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5144.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 145, September 4, 2025, Page H3862):
  clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 4, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5144, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5144

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e854c3a6d422f8aa0ce55bfd31b54151dea10587d4e0b70d70151ffab97345b2

  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 15, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5144, last updated September 15, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.