GO Ag Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7731.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 48, March 19, 2024, Page H1235):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution in that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or any Department or Office thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: to direct the Secretary of Education to award grants for new agricultural education programs in secondary schools.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7731, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7731

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b520950016b2af92cf15f24a091427e9247b9b9f08c37123c523637546bb2ae0

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7731, last updated July 21, 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.