Protect Local Farms Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 240.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TENNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 3, January 7, 2025, Page H63):
  Article 1
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  9 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 240, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/240

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  14874ea8bdadd61bd9952db8493fdfb46f90e14ba0693aa9b3a412b78c6ebe39

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 240, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.