House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Border Enforcement Accountability, Oversight, and Community Engagement Act of 2014
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 25, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4303.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. O'ROURKE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2695):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Office thereof.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 286 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4303, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4303
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
754c114ba66f1483e834b028ae4a72a207632180eed83e3fbd8b8390a44c944a
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 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
8 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 7 Democrats
1 of 8 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Filemon Vela (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.