Advancing Automation Research and Development in Agriculture Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4173.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaMALFA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 105, June 15, 2023, Page H2960):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: To Amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a specialty crop mechanization and automation initiative.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4173, 118th Congress

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  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2024

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  September 14, 2026

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  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 June 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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