To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the prompt notification of State Child Protective Services by military and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense required by law to report suspected instances of child abuse and neglect.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3894.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GABBARD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 163, November 3, 2015, Page H7625):
  The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 3, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  53 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3894, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3894

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ff77402bb3c94d3833a79ef6239e89c870db4cc4bdd12133f5c59f4dcf4fcc44

  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 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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