To amend title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to help close the gaps in principal preparation and provide new principals with the support and tools they need to meet the complex challenges of school leadership.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4113.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1100):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  187 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4113, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/4113

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ff2e28bb46b487aa7560499b3920ec1e004101794421edae309f0d0f4399ece8

  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 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4113, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.