To amend Public Law 89-732 to modify the requirement for a Cuban national to qualify for and maintain status as a permanent resident.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2831.

• 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 H5932):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 (immigration regulation) and Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (interstate travel regulation). ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  143 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2831, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2831

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  968ce16a48404f3dd5a8739f23d551c4b403c9aba7bf1115777787f88c30ac49

  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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