Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 662.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 662, Block Grant Assistance Act of 2023” on May 18, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on May 11, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 18, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59186

  CBO publication date

  May 18, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 662, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/662

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-73 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on May 22, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 22, 2023 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/73

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 662, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/662

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 20, January 31, 2023, Page H577):
  Congress is granted the authority to introduce and enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill amends the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 to improve disaster relief funding for agricultural producers, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  336 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 662, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/662

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f095c48dc8d732c844549c7415e0f3dbad5da1002db7659e972095effc128a08

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