HEARTS and Rural Relief Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3429.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3429, HEARTS and Rural Relief Act” on September 11, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 26, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 11, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55615

  CBO publication date

  September 11, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3429, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3429

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9f470044b61bbc807a85f388917b2e5588f1242ad89d04d2cda04091ab5f3f6e

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-620 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on December 7, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 7, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/620

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3429, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3429

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9f470044b61bbc807a85f388917b2e5588f1242ad89d04d2cda04091ab5f3f6e

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 106, June 24, 2019, Page H5076):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 24, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3429, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3429

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9f470044b61bbc807a85f388917b2e5588f1242ad89d04d2cda04091ab5f3f6e

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3429, last updated January 20, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.