To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out a pilot program for the prevention and mitigation of acts of terrorism using motor vehicles, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1831.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOTTHEIMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 41, March 4, 2025, Page H976):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1831, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1831

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a83d4d42668423a0e014401e69723400a92e521255fbdbee96f0767a00d2dc16

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

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