Modernizing the Interstate Placement of Children in Foster Care Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4472.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4472, Modernizing the Interstate Placement of Children in Foster Care Act” on March 21, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on March 16, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 21, 2016 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51402

  CBO publication date

  March 21, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4472, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4472

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-460 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on March 21, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 21, 2016 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/460

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4472, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4472

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a0112942cd45ddef092a6fccf929eb25b508a7c586521ca6651492e6dacbce28

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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. YOUNG of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 21, February 4, 2016, Page H591):
  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, Congressional Record February 4, 2016 ↗

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  Statement length

  145 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4472, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4472

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a0112942cd45ddef092a6fccf929eb25b508a7c586521ca6651492e6dacbce28

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