To provide the Secretary of Homeland Security with the authority to transfer funds between accounts under the Department of Homeland Security during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7844.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PETERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 42, March 5, 2026, Page H2473):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7844, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7844

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  059ba5b09053a7138e2aeb43ff5bbc5ff962b596e0ee3010452c9e5f1b5abda9

  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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