To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from granting deferred action or otherwise suspending the effectiveness or enforcement of the immigration laws.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5957.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHWEIKERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3733):
  Article 1. Section 8. Clause 4--The Congress shall have the power to establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated November 15, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  191 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5957, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/5957

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 15, 2019

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  94ab542644e78a0ab8b7f9e5c951767dfd91b65ecacce961283a561e481220f7

  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 November 15, 2019). Not every bill gets one.

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