Railroad Responsibility Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9248.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIDSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 127, August 2, 2024, Page H4972):
  ``Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: ``To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide states the authority to limit blocking highway-rail grade crossings, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 2, 2024 ↗

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  493 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9248, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9248

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 13, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  573d9da0c67199166ac7bdd9393e687788fe3040751959f35f82b5c585f2af70

  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 February 13, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9248, last updated February 13, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.