American Families United Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1698.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESCOBAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 52, March 22, 2023, Page H1328):
  THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SEC. 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 single subject of this legislation is: For the immigration benefit of mixed-status families.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  356 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1698, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1698

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 12, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a1ca5f90c6363eb92b26819d4ae57634fefc290b5e12b215258963ab00ce4b9d

  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 July 12, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1698, last updated July 12, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.