Reducing Unnecessary Barriers for Relative Foster Parents Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2866.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMUCKER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 98, June 8, 2017, Page H4820):
  Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 8, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2866, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2866

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f9e2ca7c1517185357f6bf7b6460d2c02031151e8ce26c0808022c112b7437f0

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2866, last updated April 7, 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.