Rural Investment for Producers and the Environment (RIPE) Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6969.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RILEY of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 4, January 7, 2026, Page H135):
  article 1 section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6969, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6969

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 22, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  27d0e76030aeaa9a7e8d1add08ad8bf4ebe86b8fec39ccfc22250d4d8351140a

  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 May 22, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6969, last updated May 22, 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.