No Asylum for CCP Spies Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5651.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEHLS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 153, September 21, 2023, Page H4458):
  Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the following statement is submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit members of ``communist or totalitarian parties'' from being granted asylum in the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5651, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5651

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ea7fef61b4aefd8e1650e15658daabcf76536e1f1ee4c557507c9efc91360be4

  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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