House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Freights First Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 7, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 8, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3893.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURLISON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 99, June 7, 2023, Page H2780):Article I, Section VIII of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: The bill relates to transportation, specifically commuter rail passenger transportation and freight transportationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 7, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 215 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3893, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3893
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
7 cosponsors — 7 Republicans
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Byron Donalds (R-FL), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Scott Perry (R-PA), Jason Smith (R-MO), W. Steube (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eric Burlison.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.