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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2940.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FERGUSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 71, April 27, 2023, Page H2086):
  Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to ``provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Antibiotics
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  190 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2940, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2940

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  085c11aace162258c8414d1f7ddff36dd4a67352cb44754aea07c8d58e657f7f

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2940, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.