To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the matching funds requirement under the specialty crop research initiative, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 679.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHRIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 20, January 31, 2023, Page H578):
  Article I of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Agriculture
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  99 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 679, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/679

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a627eff1e2636a33496a718fb3001bb4e100e05b472670ce620450890c461e38

  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 August 10, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 679, last updated August 10, 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.