Hatchie River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 949.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KUSTOFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 23, February 4, 2025, Page H460):
  Under Article I, Section 8, the Necessary and Proper Clasue. Congress shall have the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers and all Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department of Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  316 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 949, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/949

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9a483e1cc84b59f7638c337307005734ec42b7b9c0703885ac50f66b5850f977

  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, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 949, last updated September 15, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.