Visa Integrity and Security Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5203.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FORBES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 75, May 12, 2016, Page H2341):
  Article 1, section 8, clause 4 of the Constitution provides that Congress shall have power to ``establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization.'' The Supreme Court has long found that this provision of the Constitution grants Congress plenary power over immigration policy. As the court found in Galvan v. Press, 347 U.S. 522, 531 (1954) `` that the formulation of policies [pertaining to the entry of aliens and the right to remain here] is entrusted to Congress has become about as firmly imbedded in the legislative and judicial tissues of our body politic as any aspect of our government.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2016 ↗

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  591 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5203, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5203

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9bf93420913b3bee1bc2c3c11397404831665452ffd56cf00d191f176e6072f7

  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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