New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1646.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOONEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 50, March 17, 2023, Page H1295):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: Regulation of Interstate Meat Sales
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  364 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1646, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1646

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6bcf7547ea2b55ba010c32d67d8e2148b5efe0b20783dbe9006eefb254f08dfb

  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. 1646, last updated December 5, 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.