Higher Education Dream Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1298.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEWIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 30, February 15, 2019, Page H2039):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 15, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  224 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1298, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1298

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b39aaab915ff14773ffb543122002a447f265701bd312fa5c1302610fa31f241

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1298, last updated July 21, 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.