Defend American Agriculture Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9781.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 118, July 20, 2026, Page H4682):
  Article 1 , Section 8 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  41 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9781, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9781

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 1, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f322d65f9964521facafc0ee277f74bf2803b78dd20614c51f55dde16ca8e3c3

  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 August 1, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9781, last updated August 1, 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.