Social Security Child Protection Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1838.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MARCHANT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 50, March 21, 2019, Pages H2761-H2762):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, related to providing for the general welfare. AND; Enacted under the authority provided in Article I, Section 8, related to Congress' ability to ``(carry) into execution the foregoing powers.'
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  293 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1838, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1838

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e596858d18a62139dc16daa9a0461d4a449001dd9e56aad9e0385cdf5085c0e5

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1838, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.