Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6978.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6978, Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits Act” on February 19, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on January 27, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 19, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62146

  CBO publication date

  February 19, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6978, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6978

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3f73653c9736db6a8f15ecd40fd9694999f069c71b129994d6a64d3c45267414

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-465 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on January 27, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 27, 2026 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/465

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6978, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6978

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3f73653c9736db6a8f15ecd40fd9694999f069c71b129994d6a64d3c45267414

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FINSTAD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 5, January 8, 2026, Page H252):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6978, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6978

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3f73653c9736db6a8f15ecd40fd9694999f069c71b129994d6a64d3c45267414

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6978, last updated June 11, 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.