DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1713.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1713, DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act” on April 17, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on March 29, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59081

  CBO publication date

  April 17, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1713, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1713

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c65d30ac8f644c4e104b80e83481055843bede5334390f824f08e2890c3b721c

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1713, DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act” on June 9, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on May 22, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59264

  CBO publication date

  June 9, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1713, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1713

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c65d30ac8f644c4e104b80e83481055843bede5334390f824f08e2890c3b721c

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 118-74 ↗; H. Rept. 118-74,Part 2 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 22, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/74
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/74

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1713, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1713

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c65d30ac8f644c4e104b80e83481055843bede5334390f824f08e2890c3b721c

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUCAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 52, March 22, 2023, Page H1328):
  U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the forgoing 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: The DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act is a bill that addresses the single subject of authorizing interagency research and development activities between the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  592 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1713, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1713

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c65d30ac8f644c4e104b80e83481055843bede5334390f824f08e2890c3b721c

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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