House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
BUILD America 250 Act
Official title: To authorize funding for Federal-aid highways, bridge construction and rehabilitation, highway safety programs, transit programs, and rail programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Sam Graves R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2026
- Committee actionMay 21, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 22, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 62 - 2.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8870.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Estimated Effects of Selected Provisions of H.R. 8870, the BUILD America 250 Act” on July 9, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 22, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62562
- CBO publication date
- July 9, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8870, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8870
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 1, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8870, BUILD America 250 Act” on September 30, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 22, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 30, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62817
- CBO publication date
- September 30, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8870, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8870
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 1, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3cf5aab797f2bb8a02a434ce5c4fc3e55aee1358c33fbcc27d1b8d1e5dcb649c
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 85, May 19, 2026, Page H3627):Article I, Section 8, clauses 3, 7, 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 38 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8870, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8870
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 1, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3cf5aab797f2bb8a02a434ce5c4fc3e55aee1358c33fbcc27d1b8d1e5dcb649c
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 committee report (as of September 30, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8870, last updated September 30, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 1, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Rick Larsen (D-WA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), David Rouzer (R-NC), Michael Rulli (R-OH), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sam Graves.
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Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 1, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.