Children’s Safe Welcome Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8502.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 89, May 22, 2024, Page H3484):
  This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1Sec. 8CI. 18). The single subject of this legislation is: To increase child protection in the immigration system
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 22, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  321 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8502, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8502

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 22, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  752cb14d5bc32e9bb0173fd6a41e10a18821b3347d66491fd2ab7f901b9b5990

  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 August 22, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8502, last updated August 22, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.