Humane Transport of Farmed Animals Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8699.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TITUS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 98, June 11, 2024, Page H3726):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitutions The single subject of this legislation is: Animal Welfare
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  114 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8699, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8699

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c9e81cce90de718cb7b20a9db8d5108f1a52aaff4196a723bb5c9623e61ef738

  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 December 5, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8699, last updated December 5, 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.