Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6485.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 195, November 28, 2023, Page H5937):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill prohibits the federal government, states, tribal nations, or localities from discriminating or taking adverse action against a child welfare provider that declines to provide services due to the provider's sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions. However, government entities may still take adverse action against a provider that declines to provide adoption or foster care services based on race, color or national origin.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 28, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  537 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6485, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6485

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a6cbb9375ae9feb11bd67d9416e8ff4dee88dfddc1f20d8ce57b75681b61e243

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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