House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Enhanced Border Security Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 10, 2011
- Committee actionDec 15, 2011
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 15, 2011 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3401.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7406):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3401, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3401
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2dbaa3dfc97e1b4b3dd8719cd01b705321aab2532c14a51b7bc592590592b466
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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3401, last updated August 14, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Howard Coble (R-NC), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Billy Long (R-MO), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.