Protecting Adoption and Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2439.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KUSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3928):
  Article, I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States) of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 20, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  238 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2439, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2439

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dd7382cd4b68e532eb4f15e5e5983d154abc9220cd56491725c372dacfc1215d

  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 January 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2439, last updated January 20, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.