Immigration Court Efficiency and Children's Court Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6145.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 180, November 1, 2023, Page H5230):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. It reads that Congress has the legislative 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: To establish the Children's Court to improve the adjudication of immigration cases involving unaccompanied alien children.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 1, 2023 ↗

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  499 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6145, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6145

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7b3520484236cc5dd5d5172c29da4acec363df102a6db3960ede87c66e00d609

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6145, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.