Border Security and Enforcement Block Grant Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8935.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 111, July 5, 2024, Page H4457):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Clause 4 of Section 8 in Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Provides grant funding for qualified states to construct, maintain, improve, or repair physical barriers along the Southwest border of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 5, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  318 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8935, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8935

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4e7b6c60b77011620218aef1e29caf79328a94d1c4d1b1faad67dfa2b6442aaa

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8935, last updated December 5, 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.