Preventing Aliens Through Rivers Or Land Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6619.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLOUD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 201, December 6, 2023, Page H6209):
  The power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To prevent the Department of Justice from utilizing the Rivers and Harbors Act to sue any state that implements border security measures.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  272 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6619, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6619

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 22, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7768df25092978890a302efb5a0bc757ff12acf6c333bcb6f34dcf29c0c6a739

  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 October 22, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6619, last updated October 22, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.