Combating Child Labor Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2956.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILDEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 71, April 27, 2023, Page H2087):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would increase the civil and criminal penalties for child labor violations as well as authorize an annual report from the Department of Labor.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  216 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2956, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2956

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4c95f2bdf2112cf8fd423ec3fc561a000d227a30d591af7c9bd03d80e5f9c880

  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 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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