Childcare Worker Opportunity Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8983.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MACE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 114, July 10, 2024, Page H4589):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To repeal portions of a regulation issued by the State Superintendent of Education of the District of Columbia that require child care workers to have a degree, a certificate, or a minimum number of credit hours from an institution of higher education.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  348 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8983, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8983

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c3ab28436d24f97e7d187ec0677045f00715d46e4eaa0708a79e9cff35f25e56

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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