House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Southwest Border Security Technology Improvement Act of 2020
Sponsor: Rep. Xochitl Torres Small D-NMWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 4, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 24, 2020 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7944.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 138, August 4, 2020, Page H4219):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 4, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7944, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7944
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fe7046d58c159ea43a470b961ba3186717a18b1932897d1c2f6d0864cacb18fb
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Michael Cloud (R-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Xochitl Torres Small.
- H.R. 5273 (116th) Securing America's Ports Act
- H.R. 1912 (116th) DHS Acquisition Documentation Integrity Act of 2019
- H.R. 4891 (116th) Western Water Security Act of 2020
- H.R. 1598 (116th) U.S. Customs and Border Protection Rural and Remote Hiring and Retention Strategy Act of 2019
- H.R. 5824 (116th) Federal Law Enforcement Training Research and Reporting Act of 2020
- H.R. 6956 (116th) Farming Support to States Act of 2020
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.