Rail Inspector Safety Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4085.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN ORDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 103, June 13, 2023, Page H2886):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 (Commerce Clause) The single subject of this legislation is: Rail Inspector Safety Act This bill authorizes an additional $3,000,000 for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), intended to increase the number of investigators in rail from 14 to 29.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 13, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4085, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4085

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  691cfdd0361ffa475539d1ee9e419409c780620276bd0d21383b4bea93f4fa77

  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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