To authorize the transfer to Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas of certain materials for the construction of the border wall, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3454.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VAN DUYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 83, May 17, 2023, Page H2429):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Authorize use of materials for the construction of a border wall.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  129 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3454, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3454

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9fbc6ad5ba33ffe92779ad230f3ff361bf7d5c501c8981452ffff0075420f7af

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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