Eliminating Fraud and Improper Payments in TANF Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7431.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ARRINGTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 33, February 23, 2024, Page H692):
  Article I Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill holds state welfare agencies who receive TANF funds accountable to the same statutes governing improper payments that federal agencies are held to.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 23, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7431, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7431

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

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  e7997a348db9ffcc1569185f28e597c29d8af95fa23055d29b0046702bb8eb71

  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 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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