FARM Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5213.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 75, May 12, 2016, Page H2342):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 3 (related to regulation of commerce among the several states).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2016 ↗

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  139 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5213, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5213

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  142b65c9a3cf710acbb7716316a670dcabe86b8774b18127cadbaa916c91dd2b

  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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5213, last updated March 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.