Targeting TANF to Families in Need Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2397.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 56, March 27, 2025, Page H1338):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the US Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  53 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2397, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2397

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19610b5268bbd11d571bca40de8b663c1cb4cca6d60acfa32222745d21697586

  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 July 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2397, last updated July 23, 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.