Subterranean Border Defense Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 495.

• 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. 9, January 16, 2025, Page H222):
  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 January 16, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  301 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 495, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/495

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 5, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 6, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ba1a1ae3e7b6e7b56193faae24d0fd744667740cb76a354754e4861f14a5cd08

  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 October 5, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 495, last updated October 5, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 6, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.