Smart Border Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6280.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VASQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 184, November 7, 2023, Page H5545):
  Article 1, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of the Congress. The single subject of this legislation is: Border Security
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 7, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6280, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6280

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  022b6546e5b566ce6defb064ed2c0e753a40dd8b2534086612e83d6c1db63df3

  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 March 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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