Freight RAILCAR Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 838.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaHOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 24, February 6, 2023, Page H710):
  United States Constitution Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes . . .'' The single subject of this legislation is: To provide a time-limited tax credit to encourage the replacement or modernization of ineffecient, outdated freight railcars.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2023 ↗

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  292 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 838, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/838

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 26, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  29e7e04bd06b5659c40eecac528345b3f730d80e0bde53509c09332111fbbc4d

  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 26, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 838, last updated October 26, 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.