Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2642.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2642, Agricultural Act of 2014” on January 28, 2014. CBO’s description reads “Effects on direct spending and revenues of the conference agreement on H.R. 2642, as reported on January 27, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 28, 2014 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45049

  CBO publication date

  January 28, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2642, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2642

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9e6769299713eb9c7cc029479ff7f11f3a99e1192c65805f4051a33215cacecf

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-333 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/333

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2642, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2642

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9e6769299713eb9c7cc029479ff7f11f3a99e1192c65805f4051a33215cacecf

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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. LUCAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4370):
  The ability to regulate interstate commerce and with foreign Nations pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 includes the power to regulate commodity prices, practices affecting them and the trading or donation of the commodities to impoverished nations. In addition, the Congress has the power to provide for the general Welfare of the United States under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 which includes the power to promote the development of Rural America through research and extension of credit.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  501 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2642, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2642

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9e6769299713eb9c7cc029479ff7f11f3a99e1192c65805f4051a33215cacecf

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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