Maritime Border Security Technology Improvement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5839.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. GONZALEZ-COLON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 159, September 29, 2023, Page H4911):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution Congress shall have the power . . . ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: The bill would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a technology needs analysis for operational and border security technology along the U.S. maritime border, and to develop a plan to address such needs.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 29, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5839, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5839

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f19b25a70197258c62645b468c56f714a4f5d4df23219bf0bf493835a937303b

  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 June 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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