Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5230.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5230, Secure the Southwest Border Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2014” on July 30, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As introduced in the House of Representatives on July 29, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 30, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45606

  CBO publication date

  July 30, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5230, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5230

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7b6563c498bd921d9c04fbc19ec2c6652c2e6c1f5225fc269552c17cc19a3e0e

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5230, Secure the Southwest Border Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2014” on August 7, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on August 1, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 7, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45625

  CBO publication date

  August 7, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5230, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5230

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7b6563c498bd921d9c04fbc19ec2c6652c2e6c1f5225fc269552c17cc19a3e0e

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7040):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law. . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 27, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  801 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5230, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5230

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7b6563c498bd921d9c04fbc19ec2c6652c2e6c1f5225fc269552c17cc19a3e0e

  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 committee report (as of January 27, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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