BUILD IT Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6098.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEHLS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 177, October 26, 2023, Page H5176):
  Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the following statement is submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: The Border's Unused Idle and Lying Dormant Inventory Transfer (BUILD It) Act would require the federal government to transfer any material associated with the construction of the Southern border barrier to any state, upon request, for the materials' original purpose.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 26, 2023 ↗

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  H.R. 6098, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6098

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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  5c84cdb839a46aa6c150b04a6c4619a1d8e77b8ed4bab3556b773b16bf5b271d

  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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