Border Security Information Improvement Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6368.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CANSECO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5765):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution which states that Congress shall have the power to provide for our nation's common defense. This legislation would increase our nation's security, which falls under the purview of Congress' granted power to provide for the common defense, as stated above.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  320 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6368, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6368

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b08efd55e1e8114c91434870c75f6cb59eff8dfdf3a7fc853ec7af27ad0949b7

  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 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6368, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.