To authorize the immediate expulsion of inadmissible aliens attempting to enter the United States by fraud or without a necessary entry document, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3234.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 80, May 11, 2023, Page H2312):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Authorizing the immediate expulsion of inadmissable aliens attempting to enter the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  185 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3234, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3234

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5ac6508ea5f92e800f6094f0541afac571650b887a8588b88af3a03e64d67d67

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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