House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2014
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Shuster R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 11, 2014
- Committee actionSep 17, 2014
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 1, 2014 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 469.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5449.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5449, Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2014” on November 25, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 17, 2014, with an amendment provided to CBO on October 31, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 25, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49800
- CBO publication date
- November 25, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5449, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5449
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-629 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on December 1, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 1, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/629
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5449, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5449
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
63dbbef423921fbec1bf2cce072542e2f6656331d23f685c9021ac2237e56c89
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SHUSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7455):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 3 (related to regulation of Commerce among the several States).Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 139 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5449, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5449
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
63dbbef423921fbec1bf2cce072542e2f6656331d23f685c9021ac2237e56c89
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
8 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Corrine Brown (D-FL), Howard Coble (R-NC), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Candice Miller (R-MI), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Shuster.
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- H.R. 4076 (113th) HHEATT Act of 2014
- H.R. 4156 (113th) Transparent Airfares Act of 2014
- H.R. 3628 (113th) Transportation Reports Elimination Act of 2014
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- H.R. 3676 (113th) Prohibiting In-Flight Voice Communications on Mobile Wireless Devices Act of 2013
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.