Preserving the Welfare Work Requirement and TANF Extension Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 890.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 890, Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act of 2013” on March 8, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on March 6, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 8, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43978

  CBO publication date

  March 8, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 890, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/890

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8e335822d221da1b887626698c405d6c53a176c3fa8d6677d457d0bc0cfcf112

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-13 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on March 11, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 11, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/13

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 890, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/890

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8e335822d221da1b887626698c405d6c53a176c3fa8d6677d457d0bc0cfcf112

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CAMP, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H816):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  145 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 890, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/890

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8e335822d221da1b887626698c405d6c53a176c3fa8d6677d457d0bc0cfcf112

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 890, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.