Detain and Deport Gang Members Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9657.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LOPEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 145, September 18, 2024, Page H5447):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Immigration
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  75 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9657, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9657

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1f706c70e14054602811bd33acccc651f34b18dd151769fc2045330fcc113e88

  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 January 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9657, last updated January 9, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.