American Seasonal and Perishable Crop Support Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6712.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 203, December 11, 2023, Page H6815):
  Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill establishes a program within the Department of Agriculture to make payments to certain producers of seasonal and perishable crops that experienced a decline in market price because of imports of such crops. The bill also sets out a method for calculating these payments.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 11, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6712, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6712

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 21, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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  6b16eff0d6fe151c8a5302d31b07e1994bf9e6b1443b0f0f0fea2a6dfc037626

  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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