End Sanctuary Cities Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7612.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOODEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 34, February 20, 2026, Page H2235):
  The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common Defefense and general welfare of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. Thus, Congress has the authority not only to increase taxes, but also, to reduce taxes to promote the
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 20, 2026 ↗

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  380 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7612, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7612

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b44ac176584b4890c068b7bdb71e302457dea4f6d20557e9ebf9b94d74d8a37c

  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 March 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7612, last updated March 9, 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.