Social Media Child Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 821.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEWART, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 22, February 2, 2023, Page H683):
  United States Constitution, Section 1 Article 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To require providers of social media platforms to prohibit children under the age of 16 from accessing such social media platforms, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2023 ↗

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  246 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 821, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/821

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  befa68ff8eab6fab680401c8dc675e381d0ed8b6159253d967b368bab3423bb9

  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 January 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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