Rail Bridge Safety and Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9998.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 157, October 18, 2024, Page H5878):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Transportation and Public Works
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 18, 2024 ↗

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  243 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9998, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9998

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6675a565de428788529fd7aa3b9cb4c738bdcf4a7c665190210618b27f8900ff

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9998, last updated December 5, 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.