Finish the Wall Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 336.

• 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. 10, January 12, 2023, Page H235):
  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''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  303 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 336, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/336

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  121945229968920a1e0f925346f12db2b5d4fab4d49708e6e1d6a5660ac4428e

  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. 336, 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.