Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9803.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FOSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 119, July 21, 2026, Page H5023):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 21, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  124 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9803, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9803

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c75eeaaea4d9db44591b40498980a7a09db896a1b2c2c38f076d9c88806050f6

  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 August 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9803, last updated August 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.