Local Procurement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9538.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DeLAURO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 141, September 11, 2024, Page H5202):
  Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to ensure that USDA uses its immense purchasing power to support local and regional food systems and to create market opportunities for small and mid-sized farms.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  422 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9538, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9538

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 16, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c8d653f2d5f92753b2f521b2114dc7b361865384eb9a02cd61e40176d148d4ff

  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 16, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9538, last updated December 16, 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.