Cooperation with ICE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6851.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 209, December 19, 2023, Page H6998):
  Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Prevents federal funds from being used for receiving migrants in a sanctuary city.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 19, 2023 ↗

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  380 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6851, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6851

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 23, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0b769ffc061802cc29b893d06b1f35e4e3970bb17cbcfefb3af4e2bf94ae3702

  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 23, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6851, last updated October 23, 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.