Freight Rail Workforce Health and Safety Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3255.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 80, May 11, 2023, Page H2313):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of congress to make rules for the common defense and general welfare of the United States as enumerated in Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. Interstate Commerce The single subject of this legislation is: Rail health and safety
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2023 ↗

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  315 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3255, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3255

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 21, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8c3e7fed8746a358e7d4bf727a3039429db14f985ad2e9e4c095631426e081b6

  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 November 21, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3255, last updated November 21, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.