Border Wall Trust Fund Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5876.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BLACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 82, May 18, 2018, Page H4242):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution which grants Congress the authority 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 18, 2018 ↗

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  334 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5876, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5876

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3b8a6c65c311ee9ead7ff6d18a9a2f68cbdaefa2fdfc943822e365d0caed9734

  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. 5876, 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.