Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 76.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res 76, Providing for Congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to “Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability”” on February 14, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on January 16, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 14, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56144

  CBO publication date

  February 14, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 76, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hjres/76

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0d9893dd16f7e2cb0838974406ed7ebed722aecdad22bf9e32f61181b3a875bb

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H. J. Res 76, Providing for Congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to “Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability”” on February 14, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on January 16, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 14, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56144

  CBO publication date

  February 14, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 76, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hjres/76

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0d9893dd16f7e2cb0838974406ed7ebed722aecdad22bf9e32f61181b3a875bb

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WEXTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 173, October 31, 2019, Pages H8720-H8721):
  Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  3,657 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 76, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hjres/76

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0d9893dd16f7e2cb0838974406ed7ebed722aecdad22bf9e32f61181b3a875bb

  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 committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 76, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.