To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to lend Department of Defense farm equipment to eligible farmers, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5280.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GRAHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 79, May 18, 2016, Page H2845):
  Article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  29 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5280, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5280

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8cdbc1b12c1b2e6823803605da887224c8bb88318a2bc6351acbfc30b0f858c0

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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