State Border Security Reimbursement Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 712.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRENSHAW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 21, February 1, 2023, Page H629):
  Article 1, Section 8: ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: To reimburse states for funds spent carrying out federal responsibilities.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  376 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 712, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/712

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b0337af1664661a30d713f499982a43ca5968d67b5975dddb4c5c74dc2a7948f

  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 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 712, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.