Rail Worker and Community Safety Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5871.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STANSBURY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 161, October 2, 2023, Page H4951):
  Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the following statement is submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7 The single subject of this legislation is: This subject of this legislation is to rail workers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 2, 2023 ↗

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  440 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5871, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5871

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  990816c9b57f9da9f13d0ca5572309af393daf022eea7d25df94e2059606cd5c

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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