Child Care Payment Integrity and Fraud Accountability Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7720.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7720, Child Care Payment Integrity and Fraud Accountability Act of 2026” on May 13, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on April 6, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62434

  CBO publication date

  May 13, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7720, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7720

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fc6c4b48f1e76e3a2ebb111ffe8f13a517f26065c10511dcecb2d37cea3fd451

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-586 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on April 6, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 6, 2026 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/586

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7720, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7720

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fc6c4b48f1e76e3a2ebb111ffe8f13a517f26065c10511dcecb2d37cea3fd451

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MESSMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 38, February 26, 2026, Page H2333):
  Necessary and Proper Clause, Commerce Clause
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2026 ↗

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  Statement length

  44 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7720, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7720

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fc6c4b48f1e76e3a2ebb111ffe8f13a517f26065c10511dcecb2d37cea3fd451

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