Continuous Improvement and Accountability in Organic Standards Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5973.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEWHOUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 170, October 17, 2023, Page H5021):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 to ensure organic standards are improved in a predictable and transparent manner.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 17, 2023 ↗

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  220 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5973, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5973

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  64def29cba6e1488c2537737e8cb98704580644ffdad371d31c5fdc81b26a232

  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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