House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Researching Innovative Shipbuilding and Next-Generation Transit Infrastructure for Durable and Efficient Systems
Official title: To require the Transportation Research Board to evaluate innovative hull designs and the use of alternative material construction technologies to enhance operational fleet performance and payload capacity of waterborne transit systems.
Sponsor: Rep. Hillary Scholten D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8998.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHOLTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 87, May 21, 2026, Page H3726):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8998, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8998
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 24, 2026). 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. Hillary Scholten.
- H.R. 5784 (119th) AI–WISE Act
- H.R. 8882 (119th) Main Street Competes Act
- H.R. 1098 (119th) To reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994.
- H.R. 8999 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, as the…
- H.R. 9530 (119th) Quiet Skies Act
- H.R. 7376 (119th) Local Water Protection Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.