House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Border Crisis Prevention Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 22, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 709.
- 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. 167, No. 19, February 2, 2021, Page H280):Clause 4 of Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 709, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/709
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
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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
18 cosponsors — 18 Republicans
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Yvette Herrell (R-NM), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Mary Miller (R-IL), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Austin Scott (R-GA), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.