Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Custody Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5605.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 152, September 20, 2023, Page H4439):
  Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill imposes requirements and standards related to the care of aliens in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 20, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  355 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5605, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5605

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c014bc2eb352fbc7c63ac7b499952c371d6f2603b6e28322e0741605a8f66762

  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 August 14, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5605, last updated August 14, 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.