To amend title 23, United States Code, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with respect to vehicle roadside crashes, work zone safety, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2992.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 69, April 24, 2025, Page H1625):
  This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl.1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 24, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  224 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2992, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2992

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  87f4131b43e3153c3a1652491ca6146a234723cd96181dd01b7ca62c3f5bc274

  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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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