Agricultural Worker Justice Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4978.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4143):
  Article 1 of the US Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To provide for the protection of agricultural workers, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  154 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4978, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4978

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5cfda0ffcd45c0c222d3e488afe3d862347593176fcad054d8a15e9d3ff6604d

  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 January 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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