To extend the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families and related programs through September 30, 2019.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2940.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 87, May 23, 2019, Page H4165):
  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 May 23, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  145 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2940, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2940

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c3961629152f4f1ec8d440ea65c966d18a4ad0feab66ffc4a95c5d7baee5978f

  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.

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