Protecting America’s Orchardists and Nursery Tree Growers Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8251.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUIZENGA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 64, April 13, 2026, Page H2835):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 13, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  61 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8251, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8251

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 1, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f1c77f2e6b516733b4ebcd0fe631162fe5f0f2e5521bd4bdb8e1bf02c3020888

  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 1, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8251, last updated September 1, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.