Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2022

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8429.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MORELLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 119, July 19, 2022, Page H6883):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 19, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  135 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8429, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8429

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2883b600b627c1a5ac80e595ecc69ed4e88a2fa9f19a2ee86450fb15ef09e0b9

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8429, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.