Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018” on April 13, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As introduced on April 12, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 13, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53760

  CBO publication date

  April 13, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018” on May 2, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on April 18, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 2, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53819

  CBO publication date

  May 2, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2, as passed by the House of Representatives and as passed by the Senate” on July 24, 2018. CBO’s description reads “CBO Cost Estimates for H.R. 2 as passed by the House of Representatives and as passed by the Senate”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54284

  CBO publication date

  July 24, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Payment Limitations in H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018” on September 11, 2018. CBO’s description reads “Letter to the Honorable Ron Kind”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 11, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54450

  CBO publication date

  September 11, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2, Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018” on December 11, 2018. CBO’s description reads “Direct Spending and Revenue Effects for the Conference Agreement on H.R. 2”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 11, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54880

  CBO publication date

  December 11, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  73821e8c0e161f80723f0fcbcedd7d6ec84200e9b5ed87d8b042dcaf72ba4cbd

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 115-1072 ↗; H. Rept. 115-661 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on May 3, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 3, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1072
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/661

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. CONAWAY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 59, April 12, 2018, Page H3209):
  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, Congressional Record April 12, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  501 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  73821e8c0e161f80723f0fcbcedd7d6ec84200e9b5ed87d8b042dcaf72ba4cbd

  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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