Children’s Safe Welcome Act of 2022

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8349.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BASS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 115, July 13, 2022, Page H6335):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 Necessary and Proper Clause of the United States Constitution, providing--``Congress shall have the Power to . . . make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department of Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  355 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8349, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8349

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  437caa4082c2205c35872e6e1aeb82860bd8f82acfed1fe21bb91f3ac00ebc3d

  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 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8349, last updated January 21, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.