Stop Alien Children Trafficking Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9654.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 145, September 18, 2024, Page H5447):
  Under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the 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 any Department or Officer thereof'' The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require effective sharing of court information regarding unaccompanied alien children released from custody.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2024 ↗

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  501 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9654, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9654

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 16, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6fdf1fbc3d9f70a21a848a1d39ff2edd39b311cb05da69ab50ccd3d9f02c958a

  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 16, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9654, last updated December 16, 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.