College Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2434.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MITCHELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 84, May 16, 2017, Page H4223):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  134 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2434, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2434

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5fd5bf3ebe34f6c3c9b05e1b14771ffb6244261881e7677c71bd2d5ba60ff328

  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 January 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2434, last updated January 21, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.