Butcher Block Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 559.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 17, January 26, 2023, Page H429):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: A bill to authorize financing opportunities for the increase of livestock processing capacity in the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 26, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  210 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 559, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/559

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  773d1f230858cf0fa8d578709d2516d0a8d10ecdf1be84a2f05cd30168d5c5e1

  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 June 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 559, last updated June 11, 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.