To amend title 23, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish national tunnel inspection standards for the proper safety inspection and evaluation of all highway tunnels, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2254.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CAPUANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4365):
  The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, and Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 7, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  143 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2254, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2254

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 7, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  df5c3a4d19a35f905f3bd99494c62c15d2da1480bd8920a4a45835874998ccbe

  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 February 7, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2254, last updated February 7, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.