To freeze the availability of Federal funding for high-speed rail projects in California, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3143.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCARTHY of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6676):
  The bill is introduced pursuant to Congress' power to regulate commerce pursuant to Article 1 Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  104 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3143, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3143

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  409a08e81465f0fb61746a5ac46d7a0095763dc22586d6daed17b3b1957a885e

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3143, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.