Strengthening Organic Agricultural Research (SOAR) Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2720.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEWHOUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 65, April 19, 2023, Page H1887):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Agriculture Research Service to expand organic research
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 19, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  133 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2720, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2720

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a2445108f9af177770ad8fea50189a0869e5624bb45f4bc747e1696549ddea49

  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.

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