H–2 Improvements to Relieve Employers Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4708.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 123, July 18, 2023, Page H3701):
  Article 1 Sec. 8 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 in any department or officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: To streamline the issuance of nonimmigrant temporary work visas, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 18, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4708, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4708

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  27198dbc82db4fee02d897ee7b235803b06f0068dcf0168eee54c0a78156284a

  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 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4708, last updated July 21, 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.