Migrant Child Safety Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7538.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GROTHMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 30, February 12, 2026, Page H2220):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7538, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7538

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9808eec6d981c595d43e53eb845dcc4cf46688fc0a4b5b335765d66b51216e00

  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 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7538, last updated March 9, 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.