To provide for the authority for the successors and assigns of the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company to maintain and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande near Rio Grande City, Texas, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3688.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CUELLAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 146, October 6, 2015, Page H6836):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with forign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 6, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  397 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3688, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3688

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4890c8db56b75b4230b99ab093ca434f8f239381faac962f6b39ec9d4718663a

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3688, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.