Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7832.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7832, Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act” on May 23, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on April 10, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60328

  CBO publication date

  May 23, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7832, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7832

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 118-334 ↗; H. Rept. 118-544 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 19, 2024 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/334
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/544

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7832, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7832

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CORREA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 54, March 29, 2024, Page H2129):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: Address capability gaps in border security operations by requiring the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit a plan to Congress to identify, integrate and deploy innovative technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and nanotechnology.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 29, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  336 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7832, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7832

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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