Protect Communities from a Porous Border Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 402.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ARRINGTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 13, January 20, 2023, Page H251):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 20, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 402, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/402

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6bcbcf34785d44d51460d998a77a432f010772129fac863357805f537c2b8445

  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. 402, 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.