Specialty Crop Security Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4838.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SLOTKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 127, July 24, 2023, Page H3897):
  To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would increase the funding for the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program by $15 million annually while strengthening state plan requirements and reinforcing that the program's primary purpose is to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crop producers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 24, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4838, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4838

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6090790af32e3ae31387a03fbeb3429a00bc8e31aa25d376aecedd576bb1922c

  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 March 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4838, last updated March 21, 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.