Keeping China Off the Rails Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8417.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOOLENAAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 70, April 21, 2026, Page H3046):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 21, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8417, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8417

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1fd12b0c460e178113e160e4d65e5a8ea7372ba0635f0469d4fd045a1c0dee0f

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8417, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.