Burn Pit Elimination Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9171.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 121, July 25, 2024, Pages H4950-H4951):
  Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill authorizes additional appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for solid waste disposal systems of the Army, with an offset.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2024 ↗

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  357 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9171, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9171

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  64673e4f93e0fdaaa5f8ed50ba01121af0d7bb6772e77256bc9fa5fcd8d6fa6f

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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