To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Bay Area Ridge National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7254.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7254, a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Bay Area Ridge National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes” on October 16, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 15, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62859

  CBO publication date

  October 16, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7254, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7254

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 16, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b070248331e4b6f05f78b1cc7efe53abdb31eb45b3b1d8dd6959a70f79ad4ba9

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUFFMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 19, January 27, 2026, Page H1916):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7254, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7254

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 16, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b070248331e4b6f05f78b1cc7efe53abdb31eb45b3b1d8dd6959a70f79ad4ba9

  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 committee report (as of October 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7254, last updated October 16, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 19, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.