Ban Harmful Food Dyes Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4858.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MENG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 133, August 1, 2025, Page H3674):
  Article I, Section VIII
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 1, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  23 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4858, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4858

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 17, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b4d636fd87222f715d697e437507f3bbc76d8365bb44f0d4a9031e0cc9eec477

  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 September 17, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4858, last updated September 17, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.