Student Visa Security Improvement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6987.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 7, January 12, 2024, Page H132):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: A bill that would increase security screenings for student visa applications and increase security and transparency compliance for insitutions or exchange vistor programs participating in the Student and Exchange Visitor Program.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2024 ↗

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  293 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6987, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6987

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7f7946fdfcc1a024bc07badad3eaca363e3308970bb7e921f65acaacaa3f3c4d

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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