Rural Development Modernization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5359.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COSTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 145, September 8, 2023, Page H4230):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Rural Development
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  195 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5359, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5359

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 5, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f4d6c78bfa743cc298405c291c9422ca5bd6812bf47e9f361d1ff36a065773e0

  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 August 5, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5359, last updated August 5, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.