Child Care Quality and Access Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3298.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3298, Child Care Quality and Access Act of 2019” on June 26, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 20, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55399

  CBO publication date

  June 26, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3298, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3298

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19516ae587fb432b05de77d917a4b0e139b979201d0615a7d82f69e65a04a9ca

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-160 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on July 18, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 18, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/160

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3298, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3298

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19516ae587fb432b05de77d917a4b0e139b979201d0615a7d82f69e65a04a9ca

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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. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 102, June 18, 2019, Page H4771):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: to provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 18, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  107 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3298, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3298

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19516ae587fb432b05de77d917a4b0e139b979201d0615a7d82f69e65a04a9ca

  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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