Expanding Child Care Access Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1296.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONAWAY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 30, February 13, 2025, Page H710):
  The General Welfare Clause found in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  92 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1296, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1296

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 31, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  55d2dbace4368f2afa21b4fcd6d24840e1acdad5030c9f5de34d8ac7dbba7f26

  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 March 31, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1296, last updated March 31, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.