To provide the Secretary of Homeland Security certain direct hiring authorities.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8497.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLEGO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 89, May 22, 2024, Page H3484):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . .] 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: Immigration
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  358 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8497, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8497

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  69c21a015b85413cbb336260f50223a9fb8f1e772ea49dd396f2c1078a976de3

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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