To authorize certain States to take certain actions on certain Federal land to secure an international border of the United States, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7479.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROUZER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 37, February 29, 2024, Page H772):
  Article I, Section VIII of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Reform States' Authority to Secure the Border.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 29, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  138 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7479, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7479

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  909d1138e2d7932023b6d9b030c6d99119ee92a662444d4b8d8634394a9d6a64

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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