Empowering Law Enforcement Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3407.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 83, May 17, 2023, Page H2427):
  Congress is granted the authority to introduce and enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To provide for enhanced Federal enforcement of, and State and local assistance in the enforcement of, the immigration laws of the United States,
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  320 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3407, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3407

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3a0319c263b9a5e1288621e1b4fff21c35d801d2653c8777cb73942e0a046423

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3407, last updated December 5, 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.