Child Tax Credit Protection Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1919.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FERGUSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 59, April 5, 2017, Page H2754):
  Article I, Section 8 The Congress shall have the Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to the pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 5, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  290 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1919, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1919

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c1cc8c0abf76c17850fbf2c59b958aca2cc747db035541fd1557fc8b5fe68bd3

  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 August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1919, last updated August 11, 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.