College Options for DREAMers Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1959.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HINOJOSA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 59, April 22, 2015, Page H2418):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to Clauses 1 and 18 of Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 22, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  108 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1959, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1959

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1c238aa4a8e6435bf30989ab0d8aa4d18d6c51003744bd42d37ba41a8f2ba044

  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. 1959, last updated March 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.