To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for requirements for employers of H-2B nonimmigrants, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4238.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARRIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2434):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 which states that the Congress has power ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  153 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4238, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4238

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ed318c9c859c776175ba408aa6d63da7d54e4f279dd044e4da115240b1532841

  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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