Reducing Exposure to Burn Pits Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4264.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 108, June 21, 2023, Page H3073):
  Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress. The single subject of this legislation is: this bill directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to submit to Congress a report on incinerators and waste-to-energy waste disposal alternatives to burn pits.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4264, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4264

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  14b9403bfde653555f1f64d05c7bc764c238442fef20c3a6575c4b4d02ee31cb

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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