Rescinding DHS’ Waiver Authority for Border Wall Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1232.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1232, Rescinding DHS’ Waiver Authority for Border Wall Act” on May 24, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 2, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 24, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55299

  CBO publication date

  May 24, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1232, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1232

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-45 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on May 2, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 2, 2019 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/45

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1232, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1232

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8a97d2b7133454d8b19c787a668371644a166c9494350b2c1bac7c24aa503c67

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Miss RICE of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 29, February 14, 2019, Page H2033):
  Article I, Section VIII
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2019 ↗

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  Statement length

  23 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1232, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1232

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8a97d2b7133454d8b19c787a668371644a166c9494350b2c1bac7c24aa503c67

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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