Homeland Security for Children Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1372.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1372, Homeland Security for Children Act” on April 24, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 8, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52659

  CBO publication date

  April 24, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1372, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1372

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  384f6c13901d246c07751add55cc469725b8cc6fa29a573eb2c5dcf9f7f915a0

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-92 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on April 24, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/92

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1372, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1372

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  384f6c13901d246c07751add55cc469725b8cc6fa29a573eb2c5dcf9f7f915a0

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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. PAYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 38, March 6, 2017, Pages H1537-H1538):
  Article I Section 8 Clause 3--Congress has the ability to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  155 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1372, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1372

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  384f6c13901d246c07751add55cc469725b8cc6fa29a573eb2c5dcf9f7f915a0

  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. 1372, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.