Althea Gibson Excellence Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4972.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5769):
  Article I, section 8, clause 1; and Article I, section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  109 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4972, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4972

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ef06ee1d49f0df47d7e2f8ba19e03bae7f7aeeb781461efe9661b6b5440a179e

  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. 4972, 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.