House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Strengthening Transparency in Higher Education Act
Sponsor: Rep. Virginia Foxx R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 26, 2014
- Committee actionJul 10, 2014
- Passed HouseJul 23, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 24, 2014 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4983.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4983, Strengthening Transparency in Higher Education Act” on July 15, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on July 10, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 15, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45534
- CBO publication date
- July 15, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4983, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4983
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-530 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on July 17, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 17, 2014 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/530
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4983, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4983
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FOXX, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5818):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗
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- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4983, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4983
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
16 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 16 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Susan Brooks (R-IN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Mike Kelly (R-PA), John Kline (R-MN), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Luke Messer (R-IN), George Miller (D-CA), David Roe (R-TN), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Keith Rothfus (R-PA), Ed Royce (R-CA), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Glenn Thompson (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx.
- H.R. 803 (113th) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
- H.R. 5134 (113th) To extend the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity and the Advisory Committee on Student Financial…
- H.R. 899 (113th) Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2014
- H.Res. 113 (113th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 803) to reform and strengthen the workforce investment system of the Nation to put Americans…
- H.Res. 146 (113th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1120) to prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from taking any action that requires a…
- H.Res. 198 (113th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1406) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for…
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.