House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2014
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 13, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4612.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeSANTIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4016):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4612, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4612
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
46 cosponsors — 46 Republicans
0 of 46 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Paul Broun (R-GA), Curt Clawson (R-FL), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Doug Collins (R-GA), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Steve Daines (R-MT), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), John Fleming (R-LA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Luke Messer (R-IN), John Mica (R-FL), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Richard Nugent (R-FL) and 16 more.
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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.