Fighting for Orange-Stricken Territories in the Eastern Region Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 809.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 17, February 1, 2017, Page H878):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 1, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 809, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/809

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0e8803c7c34323e54377e5bf42605f1d53c183d7d711bda4e37423351ca42be4

  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.

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