Find and Protect Foster Youth Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2426.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2426, Find and Protect Foster Youth Act” on January 18, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on November 30, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 18, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59901

  CBO publication date

  January 18, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2426, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2426

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  54c32240eab37a13c46429107dedbec7250c0319c3caee66d95e7340b149c679

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-385 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on February 13, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 13, 2024 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/385

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2426, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2426

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  54c32240eab37a13c46429107dedbec7250c0319c3caee66d95e7340b149c679

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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. TONY GONZALES of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 58, March 30, 2023, Page H1694):
  Article 1, Section 8, clause 1 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Office of the Administration for Children & Families to evaluate the protocols that states have developed to comply with the reporting requirements for locating a child missing from foster care.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 30, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  319 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2426, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2426

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  54c32240eab37a13c46429107dedbec7250c0319c3caee66d95e7340b149c679

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

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