End Child Trafficking Now Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3968.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOODEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 101, June 9, 2023, Page H2790):
  The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common Defefense and general welfare of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. Thus, Congress has the authority not only to increase taxes, but also, to reduce taxes to promote the general welfare of the United States of America and her citizens. Additionally Congress has the The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would require a DNA test to determine the relationship between illegal migrants and unaccompanied alien children (UAC). The legislation would require the Department of…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3968, 118th Congress

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  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2024

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  September 14, 2026

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  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 June 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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