Operation Lone Star Reimbursement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7402.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 30, February 15, 2024, Page H681):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: Federally reimburses that State of Texas for the expenses incurred from 2020-2024 during efforts to secure the southern international border of the United States under Operation Lone Star.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 15, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  294 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7402, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7402

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  64019285cdc40f388f8c6b0f9edf6258ab625bd09d1ad8a2f218600ce0b217ed

  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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