To amend title V of the Social Security Act to extend the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, and to amend the Social Security Act to make certain revisions to provisions limiting payment of benefits to fugitive felons under titles II, VIII, and XVI of the Social Security Act.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2824.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2824, Increasing Opportunity and Success for Children and Parents through Evidence-Based Home Visiting Act” on September 25, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 13, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 25, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53132

  CBO publication date

  September 25, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2824, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2824

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  580879e117d144cda2ec8de5dc0684b34aad47ae38242b8afc9bdf76565de7c8

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• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 115-315 ↗; H. Rept. 115-315 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on September 25, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/315
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/315

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2824, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2824

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  580879e117d144cda2ec8de5dc0684b34aad47ae38242b8afc9bdf76565de7c8

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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. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 98, June 8, 2017, Page H4819):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 8, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  145 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2824, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2824

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  580879e117d144cda2ec8de5dc0684b34aad47ae38242b8afc9bdf76565de7c8

  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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