Winter Oilseed Study Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8179.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KUSTOFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 74, April 30, 2024, Page H2770):
  Under Article I, Section 8, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers and all Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department of Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation requires the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out research and development with respect to winter oilseed crops.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8179, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8179

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 31, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  43c0082fb0494cc18e7958ed7862f7564729de0975e07218de24dffbeb4a0922

  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 31, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8179, last updated July 31, 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.