Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1949.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1949, Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act” on May 20, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on May 16, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 20, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44252

  CBO publication date

  May 20, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1949, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1949

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e944625453b9a14cefa690b8955b11d1ed9fb73502b83c350d8ab2edd782cbf7

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-83 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on May 20, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 20, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/83

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1949, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1949

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e944625453b9a14cefa690b8955b11d1ed9fb73502b83c350d8ab2edd782cbf7

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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. MESSER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2575):
  Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  61 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1949, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1949

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e944625453b9a14cefa690b8955b11d1ed9fb73502b83c350d8ab2edd782cbf7

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1949, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.