College Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1766.

• 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. 165, No. 46, March 14, 2019, Page H2746):
  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 March 14, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  134 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1766, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1766

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8cff3917c2c997a6efcfe0febbaf0691d7b12cf69a2966888821b41e29342e5e

  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 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1766, last updated January 20, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.