East Palestine Health Impact Monitoring Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8537.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 90, May 23, 2024, Page H3524):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To require a study on public health impacts as a consequence of the February 3, 2023, train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2024 ↗

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  202 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8537, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8537

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 26, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  37facad2449a7ae950acce637cacee06319ad048f26ab765711c7c52fb87030c

  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 26, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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