To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1657.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STUTZMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2161):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, clause 3 of the United States Constitution. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution bestows upon Congress the authority ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with Indian Tribes.'' Congress is within its constitutionally prescribed role to reform, limit, or abolish programs maintained by the United States Department of Agriculture, a body which has regulated interstate commerce under the auspices of Congress.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  568 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1657, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1657

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cd38cb55ea2cac98c08d9710604da2021cf2654c777b7196b8ad94a168340541

  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 January 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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