Social Security Child Protection Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1512.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1512, Social Security Child Protection Act of 2018” on April 13, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 11, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 13, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53748

  CBO publication date

  April 13, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1512, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1512

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  31ecdf8dd892c625f4d14f5fc390532101c9fb4a734b1f496bf7c81408c44b9c

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-635 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on April 13, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 13, 2018 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/635

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1512, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1512

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  31ecdf8dd892c625f4d14f5fc390532101c9fb4a734b1f496bf7c81408c44b9c

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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. MARCHANT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 43, March 13, 2017, Page H2059):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, related to providing for the general welfare. AND; Enacted under the authority provided in Article I, Section 8, related to Congress' ability to ``(carry) into execution the foregoing powers.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 13, 2017 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  294 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1512, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1512

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  31ecdf8dd892c625f4d14f5fc390532101c9fb4a734b1f496bf7c81408c44b9c

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

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