A–PLUS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 530.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 17, January 26, 2023, Page H428):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to amend certain regulations to clarify that livestock auction owners may have an interest in small meat packing businesses, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 26, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 530, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/530

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 2, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6fa78ee49be0626ab204c82f34205e266535eebf27532aba03522c6a46a0d955

  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 November 2, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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