Food Deserts Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1230.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 38, February 28, 2023, Page H971):
  Clause 18 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to States to support the establishment and operation of grocery stores in underserved communities, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1230, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1230

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  84d66e533066c161bedc09cdd94952026066c00eda71cec12bdec404b734aa4c

  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.

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