CARE for Kids Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4451.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HAYES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 122, July 16, 2025, Page H3368):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 16, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  269 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4451, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4451

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 29, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  509815b99592af7c5f3a85728d717e1a4b3bfa8c25b0eb53f70424bf7cabb5fb

  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 29, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4451, last updated July 29, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.