To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the matching funds requirement under the specialty crop research initiative, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3656.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHRIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 91, May 29, 2025, Page H2377):
  Article I of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 29, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  44 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3656, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3656

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  18582282c8c297f47f00bc6b1a1b92db88831b07f78e5cb70df84bb41c298b2c

  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 June 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3656, last updated June 19, 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.