Preventing the Taking of Americans’ Land to Build Trump’s Wall Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1234.

• 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 (Page H2033):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  124 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1234, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1234

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c93f9f9e3f57124dc11fcbc43688f6cfbcddc75a82d210afceb34a50a7857e9f

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1234, last updated January 3, 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.