To require ports of entry along the northern border to remain open as many hours per day as they were open prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4961.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ARMSTRONG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4143):
  Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: [The Congress shall have Power] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. The single subject of this legislation is: To provide for operating hours for ports of entry between the United States of America and Canada.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  312 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4961, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4961

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  15bf9898f535ae05aee16b638fcffc9a2d1a4b73920478490dcb59e1a441467e

  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.

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