Border Patrol Supervisors Retention Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8956.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 87, May 21, 2026, Page H3725):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8956, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8956

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 22, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4968419cfe1237e18136097e9ab6e80028e21652af77d4c6155267e975b0bc3a

  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 June 22, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8956, last updated June 22, 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.