Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5283.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5283, Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023” on November 27, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 17, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59793

  CBO publication date

  November 27, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5283, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5283

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-275 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 17, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/275

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5283, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5283

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08a37a46d00be0a4e27bba70f6e6fc544a205574414643f56249431fe76291e1

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 139, August 25, 2023, Page H4206):
  Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 The single subject of this legislation is; To prohibit the use of Federal funds to provide housing to specified aliens on any land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Federal land management agencies
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 25, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  247 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5283, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5283

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08a37a46d00be0a4e27bba70f6e6fc544a205574414643f56249431fe76291e1

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5283, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.