To provide for a study on food animal microbiomes, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4698.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 123, July 18, 2023, Page H3700):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Animal Health
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 18, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  102 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4698, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4698

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5f90e2b5c6680ffb0e1b92f7ff3b4bf8811da03998e7205e205bd4c179fbc986

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4698, last updated May 27, 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.