Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7606.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7606, Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 2022” on June 2, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on May 18, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58173

  CBO publication date

  June 2, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7606, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7606

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  98e084df2a4901fb600ea9b1255ae32e655c535f5b2267fb71e1353fe19aaa7c

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 7606, the Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act” on June 14, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Rules on June 13, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 14, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58205

  CBO publication date

  June 14, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7606, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7606

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  98e084df2a4901fb600ea9b1255ae32e655c535f5b2267fb71e1353fe19aaa7c

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 117-357,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 117-357,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on June 9, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 9, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/357
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/357

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7606, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7606

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  98e084df2a4901fb600ea9b1255ae32e655c535f5b2267fb71e1353fe19aaa7c

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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. SPANBERGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 69, April 27, 2022, Page H4575):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7606, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7606

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  98e084df2a4901fb600ea9b1255ae32e655c535f5b2267fb71e1353fe19aaa7c

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

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