Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1368.

• 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. 165, No. 35, February 26, 2019, Page H2235):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  123 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1368, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1368

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ab19fba5e62df12af6c005b220b8c1d318e052e85500b0c1e41946b960c4feaa

  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 March 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1368, last updated March 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.