Protection of American Jobs in Cross-Border Rail Operations With Mexico Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3896.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LIPINSKI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 124, July 23, 2019, Page H7243):
  Article I, Section 8, United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  49 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3896, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3896

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fca00895293e782273d5e9991f7212c1eed6f8412b07e33219553898231c3b0c

  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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