IAP Authorization Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5207.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5207, Immigration Advisory Program Authorization Act of 2018” on July 3, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 21, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 3, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54153

  CBO publication date

  July 3, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5207, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5207

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-774 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on June 21, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 21, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/774

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5207, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5207

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. McSALLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 40, March 7, 2018, Page H1477):
  Article 1, 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. 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 March 7, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  559 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5207, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5207

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a6cd45938322638839e5fd829dd0a42e8cd7e9b2ebea18adc5180cb5ebebd47d

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