House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Faster Buses Better Futures Act
Official title: To amend chapter 53, United States Code, to increase local bus service to levels needed to combat the climate crisis, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 9, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5230.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FROST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 147, September 9, 2025, Page H4165):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and 18 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5230, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5230
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxwell Frost.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.