Nuclear Family Priority Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2705.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRANE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 63, April 8, 2025, Page H1508):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The Supreme Court has held that Congress's power to regulate foreign commerce includes the power to regulate the entry of persons into the country. See Henderson v. Mayor of New York, 92 U.S. 259, 270-71 (1876).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 8, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

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  380 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2705, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2705

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e0ef9cf411dd394701258f0c8ef7d63b9bafc29f89d673107baf55f1419b2415

  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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2705, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.