Anti-Border Corruption Improvement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 596.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRENSHAW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 18, January 27, 2023, Page H490):
  Article 1, Section 8: 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: To help secure the border by providing authority to waive the preemployment polygraph screening for CBP applicants.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 596, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/596

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 7, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4eacde7491d926aca63bcbdeff80699e0f2b52bd79d2a2b2c5a9d63b8715deee

  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 7, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 596, last updated August 7, 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.