Border Wall Waste Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7475.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VAN DUYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 36, February 28, 2024, Page H738):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To require the GAO to conduct a study detailing the total cost of unused construction materials that were obtained for the construction of a border wall along the United States- Mexico border.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2024 ↗

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  256 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7475, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7475

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f2d6fbbb13f4367f821da09792a6e8325cd80c6ff7facf70611f1b8832aabf5c

  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 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7475, last updated June 11, 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.