DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5828.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5828, DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act” on June 10, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on February 12, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 10, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56404

  CBO publication date

  June 10, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5828, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5828

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6f1550fad49afb04c09d629b579923e01cf250b0640dee850e896e9429f8eeae

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• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 116-471 ↗; H. Rept. 116-471,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on December 10, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 10, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/471
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/471

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5828, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5828

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6f1550fad49afb04c09d629b579923e01cf250b0640dee850e896e9429f8eeae

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LESKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 27, February 10, 2020, Page H1017):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18--To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  264 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5828, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5828

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6f1550fad49afb04c09d629b579923e01cf250b0640dee850e896e9429f8eeae

  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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