House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Border Security and Enforcement Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2023
- Committee actionApr 19, 2023
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2640.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-47 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary 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/47
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2640, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2640
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. McCLINTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 63, April 17, 2023, Page H1760):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 The single subject of this legislation is: To provide for reform of the asylum system and protection of the border.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 146 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2640, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2640
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
61fa7e310cb6d1791d9f3c88b21d779ab522c2644f7b79514c715e2791b5e936
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 (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2640, last updated July 21, 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.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.