House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Strengthening Transparency in Higher Education Act
Sponsor: Rep. Virginia Foxx R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2015
- Committee actionJun 22, 2016
- Passed HouseJul 11, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 12, 2016 — 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. 3178.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3178, Strengthening Transparency in Higher Education Act” on July 5, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on June 22, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 5, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51769
- CBO publication date
- July 5, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3178, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3178
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-674 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on July 11, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 11, 2016 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/674
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3178, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3178
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 (Vol. 161, No. 116, July 23, 2015, Page H5467):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2015 ↗
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- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3178, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3178
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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
25 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 25 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), John Kline (R-MN), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Luke Messer (R-IN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), David Roe (R-TN), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Robert Scott (D-VA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx.
- H.R. 50 (114th) Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015
- H.R. 3447 (114th) To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project.
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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.