To establish an Office of Colonia Affairs within the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2740.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESCOBAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 66, April 20, 2023, Page H1910):
  Article I, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: Agriculture
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 20, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  76 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2740, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2740

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e0becd8e82bb66186a3809508030a658e6829e09c9446c73bcf7efccaa8c2710

  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 January 2, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2740, last updated January 2, 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.