Freight for Farms Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8472.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COURTNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 88, May 21, 2024, Page H3398):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: To support the expansion of freight rail infrastructure to support the transport of agricultural inputs and products to farms.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2024 ↗

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  200 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8472, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8472

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 4, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  012c0bdd877abd48c27c9d82c64fe8104740a2f02d929dcb10253e4f85c1baca

  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 September 4, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8472, last updated September 4, 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.