REAL Meat Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8757.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIDSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 101, June 14, 2024, Page H4109):
  ``Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: ``To restrict federal funding for research, development, procurement and promotion of cell cultured meat.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 14, 2024 ↗

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  456 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8757, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8757

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  83fc019fad0ecc0b054653fd1be8cdcf1ab6f48219b9d2d26bf63b5da6487134

  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 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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