Fairness for Farm Workers Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4579.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIJALVA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 119, July 12, 2023, Page H3477):
  Pursuant to clause 7(c)(1) of Rule XII and Section 3(c) of H. Res. 5 the following statements are submitted regarding (1) the specific powers granted to Congress in the U.S. Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution and (2) the single subject of the bill or joint resolution. The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation will amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 12, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4579, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4579

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  21041cd38d3965a5ff50163b20199bdcdec4fa27a650f2dbda38a50729b95f75

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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