Border Security is National Security Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5969.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 198, November 15, 2021, Page H6267):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 15, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  122 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5969, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5969

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4201e86cfad1c33a16101937d8ed853f161b6016c439226691552c3fd4b26146

  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. 5969, last updated January 3, 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.