Empower Parents to Protect Their Kids Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3462.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BANKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 84, May 18, 2023, Page H2457):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress). The single subject of this legislation is: Parental Rights
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2023 ↗

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  329 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3462, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3462

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c12dd1f9f0e67e987d41bc384f21d8fe57f549d59d222036445acc8648d20be0

  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 December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3462, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.