To authorize the use of certain rail relocation funding for high-speed rail projects.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3081.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6505):
  Article 1, Section 9, Clause 6 No preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  148 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3081, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3081

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6bea68597f00653c4a20301069d8b15e717f38a5bd6ac0fbf203d69fbe7ebef9

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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