Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2758.

• 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. 66, April 20, 2023, Page H1910):
  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: The bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make the returning worker exception permanent for the H-2B visa program and introduces enhanced vetting measures using biometric data to ensure the security of the program.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 20, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  574 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2758, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2758

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  43f0aa1b943cf493f35d0ceb7e81f6f3debee7ec292bb5f3a016f2754afbf4eb

  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. 2758, 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.