To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to allow for the advance payment of assistance under Tree Assistance Program, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6436.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 203, December 4, 2025, Page H5051):
  Article I, Section 8, the Necessary and Proper Clause
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 4, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  53 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6436, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6436

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  631c33503d6e7505dd865bd2edc3fc15e0c6d7caa7f9cba4e51af27bdd886822

  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 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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