No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5717.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaLOTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 156, September 26, 2023, Page H4500):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To provide that sanctuary jurisdictions that provide benefits to aliens who are present in the United States without lawful status under the immigration laws are ineligible for Federal funds intended to benefit such aliens.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5717, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5717

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b2f85d1d9cb39139b7f82102c51bdb0c5eb917a08d1f904e2df6330612df0ba6

  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 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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