Preventing Child Welfare Entry Caused by Poverty Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8813.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 106, June 25, 2024, Page H4151):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Child welfare
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2024 ↗

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  112 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8813, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8813

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9d0896d6f25772b29c62c69ba727b400f2a10c5367ad94b85aeb19eca45b220d

  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. 8813, 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.