Strong Visa Integrity Secures America Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2626.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-273 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on August 8, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 8, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/273

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2626, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2626

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  376d7ca37fce7131d27b22f8860d77d9022db332aa96d615035787b15ca2eab7

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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. HURD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 90, May 24, 2017, Page H4569):
  Article I, section 8, clause 1; The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; and 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 May 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  562 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2626, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2626

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  376d7ca37fce7131d27b22f8860d77d9022db332aa96d615035787b15ca2eab7

  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 (as of May 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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