Illegal Entry Accountability Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 439.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WEBER of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 10, January 21, 2015, Page H481):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 1 and Article 1, Section 9. ``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.'' ``No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  495 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 439, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/439

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  95514ef617803f6d42762741b69c7c2cd4f918df1a629c21bcad55f2187c5dcc

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 439, last updated August 12, 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.