No CDLs for Illegals Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5863.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN DREW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 179, October 28, 2025, Page H4560):
  Article 1 Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 28, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5863, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5863

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  68e7a642153a023b070e7c748c82a893e547ee853b3ea2f3482a5095e7ece585

  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 7, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5863, last updated January 7, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.