SOAR Reauthorization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4901.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4901, Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act” on April 22, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 14, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 22, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51492

  CBO publication date

  April 22, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4901, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4901

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f23d252820ea213bc2a1baa32127c77275c6d2874bfb1fafe3885d26ca04193b

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-522 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 25, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 25, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/522

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4901, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4901

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f23d252820ea213bc2a1baa32127c77275c6d2874bfb1fafe3885d26ca04193b

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CHAFFETZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 55, April 12, 2016, Page H1634):
  Clause 1 and Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the United States grants the Congress the power to enact this law.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 12, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  138 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4901, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4901

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f23d252820ea213bc2a1baa32127c77275c6d2874bfb1fafe3885d26ca04193b

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4901, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.