Bridge Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7851.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN DREW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 54, March 29, 2024, Page H2130):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To require that large, federally funded bridges include protective features designed to avert allisions along critical bridge supports.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 29, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7851, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7851

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e5b2daa741f11b0e258f58c3f139c04d74e5f986e6e35a6f0a3cc4349c19cb8

  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 June 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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