To impose a fee on certain remittance transfers to fund border security.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6817.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 206, December 14, 2023, Page H6987):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: Homeland Security
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 14, 2023 ↗

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  91 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6817, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6817

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f5bde595ffe49d5861acae574a9c1783bc11f166a833d8f768812440c19eec0d

  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 May 7, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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