House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Border Wall Status Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security establish a publicly avaiable web page on the website of the Department of Homeland Security to permit individuals to view active border wall construction and progress, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. John McGuire R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 9, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5218.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGUIRE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 147, September 9, 2025, Page H4165):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5218, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5218
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John McGuire.
- H.R. 6365 (119th) Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act
- H.R. 5103 (119th) Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025
- H.R. 7051 (119th) American Dream Act
- H.R. 7368 (119th) Riley Gaines Act
- H.R. 3643 (119th) VA Data Transparency and Trust Act
- H.R. 1622 (119th) Uranium for Energy Independence Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.