State Border Defense Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6074.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURLISON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 177, October 26, 2023, Page H5175):
  Article 1, Section VIII of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: The bill relates to immigration/U.S. southern border
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 26, 2023 ↗

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  153 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6074, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6074

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2fdce30585cba940220452cd5c2c133f27bd751822ebc0747d2012703edc18df

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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