Coal Royalty Fairness and Communities Investment Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8491.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 89, May 22, 2024, Page H3484):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.) The single subject of this legislation is: The Coal Royalty Fairness and Communities Investment Act of 2024 would close loopholes in the federal coal royalty payment system and use royalties to help diversify and strengthen economies of struggling coal communities. (Natural Resources)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2024 ↗

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  453 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8491, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8491

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f580fca88773d2c3c653ea21070fafc142ef69fb37cef18d9a06882b15aa117a

  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 January 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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