To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into building leasing agreements.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2392.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PETERSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4577):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause) 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 the Constitution in the Goverment of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  328 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2392, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2392

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7838420c32b182c520eba2f250100dac2dfd8c8c0a7931c20b9f8a87e62b7d66

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2392, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.