To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to establish and carry out a pilot program to use blockchain technology in food safety and labeling.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4199.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SOTO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 106, June 16, 2023, Page H2965):
  Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to establish and carry out a pilot program to use blockchain technology in food safety and labeling.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 16, 2023 ↗

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  280 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4199, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4199

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8344a25d13dda0bf9a48515acd77d22b57bd03d84c110dfd754d18c36bd47b33

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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