PROTECT Kids Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 736.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 736, PROTECT Kids Act” on October 7, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on October 1, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 7, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60813

  CBO publication date

  October 7, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 736, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/736

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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. 118-706 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on October 1, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 1, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/706

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 736, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/736

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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. 21, February 1, 2023, Page H630):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To require elementary and middle schools that receive Federal funds to obtain parental consent before changing a minor child's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or allowing a child to change the child's sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 1, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  392 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 736, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/736

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7a48f72e263496643f985a2daa5ed2ef803d7a7207e351eee86cdaa61eaa1c41

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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