Affordable Child Care Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1408.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 32, February 18, 2025, Page H723):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 18, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  124 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1408, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1408

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 25, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3a8982079b9252ad556a9e93a7f8c6d73b7280fb5ed9167e6d2a25e442a0838e

  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 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1408, last updated August 25, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.