Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Custody Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3239.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-162 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 19, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 19, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/162

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3239, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3239

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3379acfd82b2d8619a3efe5afbf41e791521e62a089db0f748793569827f04f6

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 98, June 12, 2019, Page H4628):
  Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  184 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3239, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3239

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3379acfd82b2d8619a3efe5afbf41e791521e62a089db0f748793569827f04f6

  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 (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3239, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.