Repatriate Our Patriots Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1078.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 24, February 7, 2019, Page H1463):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution; Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the U.S. Constitution; Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the U.S. Constitution; Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 of the U.S. Constitution; Article I, Section 8, Clause 13 of the U.S. Constitution; Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the U.S. Constitution; Article I, Section 8, Clause 15 of the U.S. Constitution; Article I, Section 8, Clause 16 of the U.S. Constitution; Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  519 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1078, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1078

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f0f891f83f184f45e0f221a943c51cedb5ec5b57cd614b8b8b7b3cf38b39b8c0

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1078, last updated June 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.