Public Inspectors for Safe Infrastructure Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3785.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARAMENDI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 95, June 1, 2023, Page H2713):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: The bill requires construction inspection functions for Federal-aid highways to be conducted by public employees, with a limited, 1-year exception if the State or local transportation agency lacks the staffing to conduct these inspections
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 1, 2023 ↗

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  312 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3785, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3785

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 26, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  94b551e87fcd37f5341be2fb4ba4c14e6eab115af9c78d8fe34df1ff2e83ea3f

  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 26, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3785, last updated August 26, 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.