Early Learning Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3542.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DELANEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 134, September 17, 2015, Page H6137):
  Section 8 of article I of the Constitution and Amendment XVI of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  81 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3542, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3542

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c4c59e4baaacc0a9f4991807d5b57828db8ecd7ae9268f80f60bf6826e503e79

  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. 3542, 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.