Visa Overstays Penalties Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2436.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MORAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 58, March 30, 2023, Pages H1694-H1695):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand penalties for illegal entry and presence.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 30, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  159 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2436, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2436

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2652a72d9a5cb81db560362ab5f1020ddb93f7830ff48592b7686d8da2c746e4

  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 June 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2436, last updated June 11, 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.