To enhance passenger and driver safety on transportation network company platforms through enhanced digital verification systems, to implement driver verification protocols to prevent unauthorized drivers from fraudulently using TNC driver accounts, to prevent physical and sexual assault on TNC platforms, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10897.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 163, October 22, 2026, Page H6058):
  Article I Section 8 of the US Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 22, 2026 ↗

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  42 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10897, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10897

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  31482d386cd7666f4b3b7effcd8acc27a43df73acac577a6729b280135b1fd93

  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 October 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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