To block the implementation of certain presidential actions that restrict individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4271.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JUDY CHU of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 181, November 7, 2017, Page H8597):
  Art. 1, Sec. 8 ``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. ''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 7, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  198 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4271, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4271

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6d2ac096fb268e110ba2992934854b861c7247ea14db16b7df4fb05babed3de0

  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.

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