To require the Secretary of Agriculture to release a reversionary interest in certain land in the Black River State Forest in Millston, Wisconsin, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5866.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN ORDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 179, October 28, 2025, Page H4560):
  [The Congress shall have 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 Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 28, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  270 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5866, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5866

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  844a2e3d73298eebe93e290e8820ea774987e0ec7142e25c6c6d1702dbcfb927

  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 July 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5866, last updated July 21, 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.