Amtrak Transparency and Accountability for Passengers and Taxpayers Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 188.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-144 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 6, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/144

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 188, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/188

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5fac9646b524c001a5c9709f57374af36b5cdef8ed8685f8bec157565e16c225

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• 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. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H42):
  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 January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  193 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 188, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/188

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5fac9646b524c001a5c9709f57374af36b5cdef8ed8685f8bec157565e16c225

  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 (as of June 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 188, last updated June 11, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.