Securing the Border for Public Health Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 801.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 801, Securing the Border for Public Health Act of 2023” on May 5, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 24, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 5, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59139

  CBO publication date

  May 5, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 801, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/801

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d59e2353d1f2922307bab069e731ec45c7d4160bc4db64a5a3de74bf52e81a2b

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-53 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on May 11, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/53

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 801, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/801

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d59e2353d1f2922307bab069e731ec45c7d4160bc4db64a5a3de74bf52e81a2b

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LESKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 22, February 2, 2023, Page H682):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Usage of Title 42 to prevent the import of certain controlled substances.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  137 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 801, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/801

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d59e2353d1f2922307bab069e731ec45c7d4160bc4db64a5a3de74bf52e81a2b

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 801, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.