Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5528.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5528, Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act” on July 6, 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 6, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51778

  CBO publication date

  July 6, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5528, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5528

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  13a7faee9a103979176669a1ceb8349962ee3e23ec9affd50c3658541883f03f

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-678 ↗. 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/678

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5528, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5528

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  13a7faee9a103979176669a1ceb8349962ee3e23ec9affd50c3658541883f03f

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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. HECK of Nevada, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 98, June 20, 2016, Page H3975):
  Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 20, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  61 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5528, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5528

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  13a7faee9a103979176669a1ceb8349962ee3e23ec9affd50c3658541883f03f

  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. 5528, last updated July 21, 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.