Northern Border Security Review Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 455.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 455, Northern Border Security Review Act” on July 9, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 25, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 9, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50370

  CBO publication date

  July 9, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 455, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/455

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2246189bd7c5112da8b4bb574e8d2a6ff6f2fd916325ac77472737feb08a87e5

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-232 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on July 28, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 28, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/232

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 455, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/455

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2246189bd7c5112da8b4bb574e8d2a6ff6f2fd916325ac77472737feb08a87e5

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KATKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 10, January 21, 2015, Page H482):
  Article I, section 8, clause 1; and Article 1, section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  109 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 455, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/455

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2246189bd7c5112da8b4bb574e8d2a6ff6f2fd916325ac77472737feb08a87e5

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 455, last updated April 7, 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.