Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 443.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 443, Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act” on January 23, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on January 10, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59912

  CBO publication date

  January 23, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 443, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/443

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-355 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on January 25, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 25, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/355

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 443, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/443

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. WALBERG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 13, January 20, 2023, Page H252):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 20, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 443, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/443

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bbeb082757ff19bb9ab7e200d5e1ce06730a600c65905165e6f4cba546a30dbf

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 443, last updated July 21, 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.