Promoting Permanency Through Kinship Families Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8713.

• 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. 99, June 12, 2024, Page H3975):
  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. 8Cl. 18). Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of The single subject of this legislation is: This bill updates the requirements for states with respect to foster care and adoption assistance to promote kinship placements.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2024 ↗

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  545 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8713, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8713

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  70e5748abaeab8fbc9268e6f85d89ebe83dd3b6446d5c751b7cf7ee17c9d3696

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8713, last updated December 19, 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.