Mayorkas Must Fly Coach Until We Secure the Border Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1542.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DE LA CRUZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 46, March 10, 2023, Page H1280):
  Article I, Section VIII The single subject of this legislation is: Bill to help secure the border.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  98 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1542, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1542

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eae8adfce52bf937552e9ac57ed80eef619a3a3bd483f26e438e4bdda13207c8

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1542, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.