House bill · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-141
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 28, 2023
- Committee actionSep 25, 2024
- Passed HouseMay 21, 2024 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 21, 2024 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 5, 2024
- Became lawDec 11, 2024
Latest action: Dec 11, 2024 — Became Public Law No: 118-141.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5799.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5799, the James R. Dominguez Memorial Act of 2023” on September 27, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 25, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60778
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5799, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5799
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
83c60b25e939a9374de7fd0dcaef4e6877512cd15765c1d045f3c0f99077adfb
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 158, September 28, 2023, Page H4856):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To designate the checkpoint of the United States Border Patrol located on United States Highway 90 West in Uvalde County, Texas, as the ``James R. Dominguez Border Patrol Checkpoint''.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 266 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5799, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5799
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
83c60b25e939a9374de7fd0dcaef4e6877512cd15765c1d045f3c0f99077adfb
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 committee report (as of November 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
22 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 22 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), J. Correa (D-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), James Moylan (R-GU), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Chris Pappas (D-NH), George Santos (R-NY), Darren Soto (D-FL), Shri Thanedar (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.