COMPOST Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 651.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 20, January 31, 2023, Page H577):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: composting
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  74 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 651, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/651

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eda46ea14b57c0a6bd19791f93e84189c1110fd2ea45cd518bb9beed55689311

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 651, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.