U.S.A. Beef Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1604.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROSENDALE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 47, March 14, 2023, Page H1288):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation prohibits labeling meat products ``Product of U.S.A.'' unless the animal was exclusively born, raised, and slaughtered in the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  221 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1604, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1604

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a2ae9d70266749d1db8a4ae4555dcf57a1c4b284ee0d249d6d7adb050df7af68

  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.

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