Foster Care Adoption Oversight and Support Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8793.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WENSTRUP, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 105, June 21, 2024, Page H4120):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To gather data on failed adoptions from foster care and assess the effectiveness of post-adoption services and resources provided to the families, in order to identify gaps in accessible services and inform strategic investments and improve outcomes for adopted children and their families.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  388 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8793, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8793

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  70ef2a10470f6e2d8c3278b2c2e3e63576b58216cc9898867dd4d6466c59ed27

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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