Education Assistance to Realign New Eligibilities for Dependents (EARNED) Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1988.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALEXANDER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H2654-H2655):
  Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution granting that ``[t]he Congress shall have power to . . . provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States;'' as well as clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution provides that ``[t]he Congress shall have power . . . 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, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  540 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1988, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1988

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4b0e2ce6d71cb39a2a832c01828fd94279c4cbd18f48aa417f8f9cbd42961b7c

  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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1988, last updated August 12, 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.