ORDER Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1690.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1690, Orderly Requirements Designed to Enforce and Regulate Latin American Migration Act” on May 2, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 28, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 2, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59117

  CBO publication date

  May 2, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1690, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1690

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7319c51a4a9fbebbae5d470b7c317e4960c03235e3ed8136f5968d410a500725

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-46 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on May 5, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 5, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/46

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1690, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1690

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7319c51a4a9fbebbae5d470b7c317e4960c03235e3ed8136f5968d410a500725

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 52, March 22, 2023, Page H1327):
  Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States The single subject of this legislation is: To authorize the Secretary of State to negotiate regional immigration agreements with countries in the Western Hemisphere
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  226 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1690, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1690

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7319c51a4a9fbebbae5d470b7c317e4960c03235e3ed8136f5968d410a500725

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1690, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.