Burn Pit Registry Enhancement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2472.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 59, April 3, 2023, Page H1699):
  Article 1, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill authorizes specified individuals to update the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry with the cause of death of a registered individual.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2023 ↗

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  380 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2472, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2472

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5635d50b41b3d20d66db9c5a733830b3c6cc79dfb68287a216d605e98aca55db

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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