To amend section 412(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the provision of cash assistance or medical assistance to any refugee who, after entering the United States, travels to a country that supports international terrorism.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1644.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RIVERA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2916):
  The Interstate Travel Regulation of the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  89 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1644, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1644

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  906fd8822e5d379c774340970ae248e69a15d66efeea9dc1dc0b40c5e2b03df2

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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