To amend section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to certain uniform requirements for United States immigration officers.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3172.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 73, May 1, 2025, Page H1812):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  303 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3172, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3172

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 17, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  634d454aecf5a7e1f6dda1310eb3df79acdc8758ee710b784965ac0fecbd11b4

  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 January 17, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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