To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from implementing certain rules relating to employment of aliens described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3162.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALEXANDER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6854):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, which states, ``The Congress shall have Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  184 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3162, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3162

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f4c97fd7c92f0b7a0dc2ea345b2a48ab8209a459fb726d5a06fb8cd238e24cf9

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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