To allow railroad employees to remain on duty as necessary to clear a blockage of vehicular traffic at grade crossings.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5638.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PETRI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7891):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1, Clause 3, and Clause 18.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  103 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5638, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5638

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  62dd86f162e3e3da59b46b5d2f0e6d0c329a04b9c2efd31f8b1da8e28ca8ec60

  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.

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