DIPLOMA Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 495.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JUDY CHU of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 11, January 22, 2015, Page H533):
  Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  63 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 495, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/495

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5dc824ed0084f93727da2e495f0178a4743cb5ed2327488790c07f4b9a93d893

  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. 495, 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.