Free to Grow Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1428.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. Trone, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 44, March 8, 2023, Page H1207):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: To repeal Section 297B(e)(3)(B) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1639p(e)(3)(B)) and eliminate the 10-year drug felony prohibition for hemp farmers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  273 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1428, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1428

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  310add4c90b3f2e5ddde56552424f44842e08312e0fa5e33866d1d877e25b188

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1428, last updated March 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.