Modernizing the Interstate Placement of Children in Foster Care Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2742.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WALORSKI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 91, May 25, 2017, Page H4610):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, to ``provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2017 ↗

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  145 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2742, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2742

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c8eaa790dea4e53cb5ae2f11ce7e1774615832a6ae001b709d84a31ba6836372

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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