CBP Workload Staffing Model Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2557.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 61, April 10, 2023, Page H1718):
  Under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof'' The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation will amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) identification of staffing needs by developing a workload staffing model and directing CBP to issue a report of reccomendations.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2557, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2557

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cf4acaca798eb49d7aec7664034adf898b0bd49f339f13302538e0caa828338b

  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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