Defend Our Borders From Armed Invaders Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7182.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUTTRELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 19, February 1, 2024, Page H388):
  Under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``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: Defense of the United States by the Armed Forces
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 1, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  399 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7182, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7182

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3bfe573969ebb0b04cd5c8d410815f1f65d04228e1a1a77834d44fb67fe62f2d

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7182, last updated June 6, 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.