Global Child Thrive Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4864.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4864, Global Child Thrive Act of 2020” on January 17, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on December 18, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 17, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56041

  CBO publication date

  January 17, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4864, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4864

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  529b0e6501371c4e189400465f9e5fa5ec9f9978581e59daf6ba91182bd00833

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 170, October 28, 2019, Page H8539):
  Congressman Joaquin Castro Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18) THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The Congress shall have 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 October 28, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  450 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4864, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4864

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  529b0e6501371c4e189400465f9e5fa5ec9f9978581e59daf6ba91182bd00833

  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 committee report (as of January 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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