To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 with respect to workforce development, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9936.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SPANBERGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 153, October 4, 2024, Page H5854):
  U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: A bill to grant the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service direct hiring authority
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 4, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  169 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9936, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9936

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ea05034d1c4655b30f2c83785e4bc1814b09e01653f33dcbf70b72e9eb148800

  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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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