SNAP Ban Study Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4855.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRAWFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 128, July 25, 2023, Page H3951):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study to evaluate the effects of the post incarceration ban under section 115 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 on participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program by drug felons and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4855, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4855

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 21, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  371c3a4d77431a87d33a41f78296fa7802e74b588e4ee102997c3f5cdbfb0477

  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.

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