To exclude certain amounts relating to compensating victims of the East Palestine train derailment, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1270.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 39, March 1, 2023, Page H1050):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Provide tax relief to victims of the East Palestine train derailment
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  157 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1270, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1270

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  660bad0624f907f495331eeaf8cfb2a6f4d42cd2b100d67098d373b1bfc505fd

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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