Build up Illegal Line Defenses with Assets Lawfully Lifted Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 776.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DUNCAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 22, February 2, 2023, Page H681):
  Article I, Section 1, to provide for the Common Defence (and general welfare) of the United States; Article I, Section 3, to regulate Commerce with foreign nations; Article I, Section 10, to punish felonies and offences against the Law of Nations; Article I, Section 11, to grant letters of reprisal and rules regarding captures. The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation allows funds seized from foreign trafficking cartels to be repurposed to build the wall along the border between the United States and Mexico.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2023 ↗

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  532 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 776, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/776

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  28ee1929bb02b59008178d3f36802d3f1379a60913e1f1861d3f71e2127d5c29

  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. 776, 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.