Supporting America’s Children and Families Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9076.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9076, Protecting America’s Children by Strengthening Families Act” on October 23, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 24, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60853

  CBO publication date

  October 23, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9076, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9076

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 17, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-679 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on September 17, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 17, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/679

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9076, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9076

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 17, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaHOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 118, July 22, 2024, Page H4730):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution--Congress has the power ``To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: The bill would reauthorize and modernize part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to strengthen child welfare services, expand the availability of prevention services to better meet the needs of vulnerable families.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2024 ↗

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  Statement length

  570 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9076, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9076

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 17, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0c28b79dc0f2578fa93487b08459ce9845ed5afa309dab2b2713584574307ec3

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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