Amtrak Transparency and Accountability for Passengers and Taxpayers Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8692.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8692, The Amtrak Transparency and Accountability for Passengers and Taxpayer Act” on November 21, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 18, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61031

  CBO publication date

  November 21, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8692, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8692

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-795 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on December 4, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 4, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/795

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8692, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8692

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9cf62bec48ea2a854033a85077d1f778a900b71165395a7ad239f117230117ff

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEHLS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 98, June 11, 2024, Page H3726):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To apply the requirements of the Government in the Sunshine Act to meetings of Amtrak's Board of Directors,
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  194 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8692, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8692

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9cf62bec48ea2a854033a85077d1f778a900b71165395a7ad239f117230117ff

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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