Checkpoint Modernization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1861.

• 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. 171, No. 42, March 5, 2025, Page H1010):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1861, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1861

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  11419094552b7c7aa96050e9ada7ad4a9e146729766dbeb6507ce87da5e1316b

  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 March 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1861, last updated March 28, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.