Transparency in Education Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4897.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SALMON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5494):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States of America.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  73 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4897, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4897

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  85380ac35768debd51fd24de2c5d47996b8a6b2f36c49b41fba9feec3fca2e0a

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4897, last updated March 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.