Youth and Family Engagement in Child Welfare Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8815.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 106, June 25, 2024, Page H4151):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To direct states to consult with youth and families with lived experience when developing their state child welfare plans under Title IV-B of the Social Security Act.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  264 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8815, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8815

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4eb17f45aacb1512be7e177a4ab6e9c0783d36620726f3bf919264b37037a85d

  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. 8815, 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.