To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase the number of acres authorized for enrollment in the conservation reserve program, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8843.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PETERSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 204, December 3, 2020, Page H6142):
  The ability to regulate interstate commerce and with foreign Nations pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 3, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  112 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8843, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8843

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d90fccba21ee586cb7b05762f0a404bdefee2e789c4d2cdfed50c56295486c8b

  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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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