Visa Integrity Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7822.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 52, March 26, 2024, Pages H2120-H2121):
  Article 1, Section 8: ``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: To criminalize visa overstays, increase visa overstay civil penalties, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  396 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7822, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7822

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 18, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d11b8e774dbf9d9bf5e5a713c41937829a7a4e4801d9dfd76bc72a08500c9b71

  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 18, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7822, last updated June 18, 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.