Stop the Cartels Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 597.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIDSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 18, January 27, 2023, Page H490):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: Immigration
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  86 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 597, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/597

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b44dbce9da5c7ee0a5691930712f9e5ee08742f3512b53a70159ed3c520d834d

  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 July 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 597, last updated July 9, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.