Rural STEM Education Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4979.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4979, Rural STEM Education Act” on January 7, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on November 14, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 7, 2020 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55976

  CBO publication date

  January 7, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4979, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4979

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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. 116-397 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on February 13, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 13, 2020 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/397

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4979, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4979

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 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 Mr. LUCAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 176, November 5, 2019, Page H8729):
  U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 5, 2019 ↗

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  Statement length

  324 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4979, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4979

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9ba0a8051325c06ee820fdbb121cc2867193555fbf27cb12b204b2d2310a737d

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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