To provide for the renewed availability of funds to construct the border wall upon the deployment of the National Guard to the southern land border of the United States, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1531.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STRONG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 46, March 10, 2023, Page H1280):
  Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts, and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States The single subject of this legislation is: Border Security
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1531, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1531

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

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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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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