Combating Rural Inflation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1038.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VASQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 24, February 5, 2025, Page H506):
  Article 1, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United State Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of the Congress.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  187 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1038, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1038

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 18, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b566488ef56561ff00f68685063386721d0daa5f62594c9e4780fd68194b61e7

  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 18, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1038, last updated March 18, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.