Global Child Protection Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1862.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1862, Global Child Protection Act of 2017” on May 12, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 5, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 12, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52721

  CBO publication date

  May 12, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1862, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1862

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d27373a99bc1d3caf7be1cf87fa03be15a1c50714f936e17d416f1a36026d21d

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-139 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 22, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 22, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/139

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1862, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1862

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d27373a99bc1d3caf7be1cf87fa03be15a1c50714f936e17d416f1a36026d21d

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. ROBY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 57, April 3, 2017, Page H2629):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  61 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1862, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1862

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d27373a99bc1d3caf7be1cf87fa03be15a1c50714f936e17d416f1a36026d21d

  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. 1862, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.