287(g) Program Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 998.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLOUD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 30, February 14, 2023, Page H840):
  Article IV, Section 4: ``The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; . . .'' The single subject of this legislation is: To allow local law enforcement to better partner with the federal government in securing our border.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2023 ↗

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  321 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 998, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/998

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c4cfc091b0a4bec40a650f0d927e73b8157dcf6666198d182d8da1d836e310bd

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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