Child Care Workforce Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1826.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARBAJAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 41, March 4, 2025, Page H976):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8, clause 1 of the United States Constitution which provides Congress with the power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises to provide for the general Welfare of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  296 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1826, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1826

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  02079d2cb15761040ebe4f319b3852b570f420358480ec42aa20f4a1d17a2c8a

  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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1826, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.