Keep Kids Covered Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9688.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CASTOR of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 146, September 19, 2024, Page H5525):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution provides Congress with the authority to ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfare'' of Americans. The single subject of this legislation is: Continuous health coverage for children
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  242 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9688, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9688

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  42ad559673dd7556eab120731287713281e577f5f3ab407a0f6fd84e97461576

  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 August 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9688, last updated August 7, 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.