Driving Forward Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8041.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 67, April 17, 2024, Page H2502):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to extend the duration of the exemption from pre-trip vehicle skills testing for school bus drivers, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  233 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8041, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8041

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 2, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c58804942dc57e58bf7e0083e91323458f2c06659d9ca039eb22e281e8895ff6

  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 October 2, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8041, last updated October 2, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.