Native American Child Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1688.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1688, Native American Child Protection Act” on January 31, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on October 27, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 31, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57802

  CBO publication date

  January 31, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1688, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1688

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  063759631f8881dbbeca1df410679a8866ec50563aab34d650fb2d364a94ebe5

• 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.

• Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 117-63 ↗; S. Rept. 117-63,Errata ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on February 2, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 2, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/SRPT/63
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/SRPT/63

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1688, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1688

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  063759631f8881dbbeca1df410679a8866ec50563aab34d650fb2d364a94ebe5

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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. GALLEGO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 44, March 9, 2021, Page H1190):
  Article I, Section 8, 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 March 9, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  303 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1688, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1688

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  063759631f8881dbbeca1df410679a8866ec50563aab34d650fb2d364a94ebe5

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1688, last updated June 20, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.