Preserving Community Food Assistance Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8953.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YAKYM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 87, May 21, 2026, Page H3725):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8953, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8953

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 12, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ba9b4918bc6cda72814e9bb31c377dcbecfc25a16dd3dfd22b7190bd09400291

  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 12, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8953, last updated September 12, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.