Victims of Child Abuse Act Reauthorization Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5955.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POE of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 86, May 24, 2018, Page H4729):
  Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution which states that Congress has the power ``to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 24, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  331 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5955, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5955

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  afb644d17f8ac271dfac6cbd789d6a462b86885234daa4c9b1ddfb96f7bea729

  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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5955, last updated March 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.