Protection of Children Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2417.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 58, March 30, 2023, Page H1694):
  Article 1 Section 8 of the US Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Providing protections for Unaccompanied Alien Children.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 30, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  141 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2417, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2417

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7a01949eaeb0a4ee7756d4128cc8db1df1bb53721de8417387febfbe209129ce

  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 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2417, last updated July 24, 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.