HOWIE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3705.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 89, May 25, 2023, Page H2640):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Rail Regulations
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  115 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3705, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3705

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b310e4c66e926655b15849f2549e0e7773256f09a4aeff672f03785deb4d4141

  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 August 14, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3705, last updated August 14, 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.