To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the definition of food.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8403.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRAWFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 70, April 21, 2026, Page H3046):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 21, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  132 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8403, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8403

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6693d7740e8321e21d9877d6ef5f8efae4efb860e7768f7de83a0be9b7bf49ce

  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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