Border and Port Security Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4940.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VELA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 23, February 6, 2018, Page H902):
  Article 1 Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4940, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4940

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  51c6ceb7a21b41f63d6b596e72fbda93e59ce9612ac9ac92a739da6f1f2f5e95

  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 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4940, last updated August 11, 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.