Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1753.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 54, March 28, 2017, Page H2516):
  ``This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 28, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  139 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1753, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1753

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c4657ab7cdf31b34e3eaa8837d4ea21b2207c3f0bd507cd747502eeaa30be12e

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1753, last updated December 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.