House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Educational Freedom Act of 2014
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 6, 2014 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4008.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1686):Amendment X of the Constitution, that states, ``The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 211 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4008, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4008
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4b1f0637331a2dbf31ae76977c84277f9fc313652488ef8ceb589b198ff168b6
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. 4008, 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.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
17 cosponsors — 17 Republicans
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Paul Broun (R-GA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Walter Jones (R-NC), James Lankford (R-OK), Robert Latta (R-OH), Pete Olson (R-TX), Tom Petri (R-WI), Steve Stockman (R-TX), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Phil Gingrey.
- H.R. 5003 (113th) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014
- H.R. 3742 (113th) Antibiotic Development to Advance Patient Treatment Act of 2013
- H.R. 544 (113th) Letting Insurance Benefit Everyone Regardless of Their Youth (LIBERTY) Act
- H.R. 107 (113th) Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013
- H.R. 477 (113th) Nuclear Family Priority Act
- H.R. 1473 (113th) Standard of Care Protection Act of 2013
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.