Child Care for Every Community Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 953.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SHERRILL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 27, February 9, 2023, Page H829):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the United States of America. The single subject of this legislation is: To establish a network of federally-supported, locally- administered child care options to improve economic, child development, and employment outcomes for children and their families.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  316 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 953, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/953

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ca9e0178673de6e40b446599f2dfc5ceb2aa6623cb598a81a10a30364e2b2324

  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 April 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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