PAUSE Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 471.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HERRELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 14, January 25, 2021, Page H233):
  Article 1, section 8, clause 4, (the Naturalization Clause) which gives Congress sovereign control over immigration, In Chirac v. Lessee of Chirac (1817), the Supreme Court affirmed that the Constitution grants Congress Plenary power on immigration policy. Further, in Galvan v. Press (1954) the court found ``that the formulation of policies [pertaining to the entry of aliens and the right to remain here] is entrusted to Congress has become about as firmly imbedded in the legislative and judicial tissues of our body politic as any aspect of our government.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 25, 2021 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 471, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/471

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  059f6bfb0ee52ee33e81a386919782f29061b2c7b1319f435904f2a26229ca48

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 471, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.