Cacao Tree Health Initiative Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1454.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. GONZALEZ-COLON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 44, March 8, 2023, Page H1207):
  Article 1, Section 18, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution Congress shall have the power . . . ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution of the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to establish a cacao tree health initiative, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1454, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1454

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  daba66db93bd5be3469757e006cca706a6cf74a905b1dcdf9c22653acf5f8dc4

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1454, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.