To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 246.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BEATTY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 4, January 9, 2015, Page H189):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 246, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/246

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6af3f14bcdece34950e95dbceff750c8374a930197fc3d9aaad7d97463ecaf0c

  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 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 246, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.