Ensuring Legal Representation for Child Welfare Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8810.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TENNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 105, June 21, 2024, Page H4120):
  Article one section 7 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend subpart 1 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for legal representation in certain child welfare proceedings, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  230 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8810, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8810

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1635ea019dbe90f2e5e3246c67cb0238efb20bb5797e9f4e6f51d2b468488efe

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8810, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.