Private Loan Disability Discharge Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4545.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4545, Private Loan Disability Discharge Act of 2019” on April 22, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on December 11, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 22, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56340

  CBO publication date

  April 22, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4545, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4545

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-682 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on December 22, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 22, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/682

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4545, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4545

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DEAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 157, September 27, 2019, Page H8081):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 27, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4545, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4545

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b8234dea755416017fb731fd359e25c41f5ebc54d1d33abb08b66a869e0912d7

  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. 4545, last updated April 7, 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.