Department of Education Elimination Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5394.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BROUN of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7241):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (the Spending Clause) of the United States Constitution states that ``The Congress shall have the Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.'' This bill restores the proper balance of power between the federal and state governments as intended under the 10th Amendment to the Constitution by devolving the responsibilities related to education to the states and individuals.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  517 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5394, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5394

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e72f75804df94d24a8d687130c11cbdf55bb6fedc71041de0e7b15998ed111ba

  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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