Child Care for American Families Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8540.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KUSTOFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 90, May 23, 2024, Page H3524):
  Under Article 1, Section 8, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers and all Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department of Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation expands the Employer-Provided Childcare Tax Credit (IRC Section 45F).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8540, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8540

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 21, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2017576ad7f9b72047f73df819b68e0956385009a7440d41d2b6c27d8a9e1955

  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 21, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8540, last updated December 21, 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.