Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2430.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FOSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 71, May 1, 2019, Page H3405):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  142 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2430, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2430

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  949c08556cb61222a5a27815f40d2356aa5340bc9903e27347869a15863c5212

  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. 2430, 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.