Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1276.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ADAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 36, March 1, 2017, Page H1464):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, ``To regulate Commerce with Foreign Nationals, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, ``The Congress shall have the Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  440 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1276, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1276

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  81b4203d41a529b9923bcfd46ce2126834565f477d6e01f64caaba3a1e490793

  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 August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1276, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.