Rural Development Modernization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7609.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COSTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 34, February 20, 2026, Page H2235):
  Pursuant to clause 7(c)(1) of rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the constitutional authority for this bill is provided by: Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the Commerce Clause); Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the Spending Clause); and Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the Necessary and Proper Clause).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 20, 2026 ↗

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  394 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7609, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7609

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 22, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1617687256d77b0aca48c4cb666697b6963823bea9d1aa788aa788b5f4d2230a

  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 22, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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