End Child Trafficking Now Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2219.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOODEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 57, March 26, 2021, Page H1693):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 18 A
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  33 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2219, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2219

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  db8b10f92a2f5f674570d7ba914893dfc874d5eebb9e12f4ae3521a16945d53f

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2219, last updated January 3, 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.