H.R. 8998

Summary

H.R. 8998, “Researching Innovative Shipbuilding and Next-Generation Transit Infrastructure for Durable and Efficient Systems”, was introduced in the House on May 21, 2026 by Rep. Hillary Scholten (D). It was referred to Transportation And Infrastructure, and last saw action on May 21, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Record

Text

H.R. 8998 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 8998 IH: Researching Innovative Shipbuilding and Next-Generation Transit Infrastructure for Durable and Efficient Systems
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-05-21
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 119th CONGRESS  2d Session
 H. R. 8998
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 May 21, 2026
  Ms. Scholten  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
 A BILL
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.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Researching Innovative Shipbuilding and Next-Generation Transit Infrastructure for Durable and Efficient Systems  .
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Innovative hull designs
The Transportation Research Board shall evaluate innovative hull designs, as well as the use of alternative material construction technologies, to include the use of carbon fiber, hybrids, and other composite fiber-reinforced polymers to enhance operational fleet performance and payload capacity of waterborne transit systems.

Tracker

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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.

Sponsors

Rep. Hillary Scholten (D) sponsors H.R. 8998 alone.

Hillary Scholten

Rep. · D–MI-3 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 8998 went before 1 committee: Transportation and Infrastructure.

Transportation and Infrastructure

Transportation and Infrastructure

Referred To · May 21, 2026 · 156 Bills

Actions

H.R. 8998 has taken 2 actions since May 21, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 8998 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 8998 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Researching Innovative Shipbuilding and Next-Generation Transit Infrastructure for Durable and Efficient Systems — Display Title
• Researching Innovative Shipbuilding and Next-Generation Transit Infrastructure for Durable and Efficient Systems — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

73 clients hired 49 firms and 273 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 8998 in 128 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Environment/Superfund, Defense, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Energy/Nuclear, Science/Technology, Homeland Security, Education.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill. The 20 that filed most often, of 73.

Firms

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Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 273.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 8998 under Transportation and Public Works, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 8998’s is Transportation and Public Works.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 8998, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 87 (Thursday, May 21, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. SCHOLTEN:H.R. 8998.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H3726]

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