Food Recovery Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3444.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 127, July 27, 2017, Page H6518):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of the US Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  44 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3444, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3444

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  550a1ecebfc9e7962b0bd4f787797d621f7fbcb6e8bd7f114fe25ebf5f6f5f46

  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 January 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3444, last updated January 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.