To require Federal contractors to participate in the E-Verify Program for employment eligibility verification.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 282.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLEGLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H203):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 3 & 4 of the U.S. Constitution dealing with the ability to regulate interstate commerce and exclude illegal aliens.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  145 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 282, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/282

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  63cb24a3be7f71780bc4d69193749466ab6a72e0e02134a290f4a17ad6875a99

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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