Coal Ash for American Infrastructure Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4875.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 135, August 5, 2025, Pages H3681-H3682):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, which grants Congress the authority to regulate commerce among the several states. The management, storage, and beneficial reuse of coal combustion residuals directly affect interstate commerce through the movement of materials, the development of critical mineral markets, and the use of recycled materials in infrastructure and industrial applications.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 5, 2025 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4875, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4875

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 25, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bfef8fe1cf0d590857643ebe46a201ad81bec68d5f4e72935d371588fbf5dd74

  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 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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