BE GONE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9920.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 153, October 4, 2024, Pages H5853-H5854):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To include sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence in the definition of aggravated felonies under the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to expedite the removal of aliens convicted of such crimes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 4, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  272 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9920, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9920

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19b071fe22291e597a0193cd6a9ca4f5687220ce81062e41e9166923bf52bb51

  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. 9920, 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.