Educators Expense Deduction Modernization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 878.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BROWN of Maryland, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 19, January 30, 2019, Page H1337):
  Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  52 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 878, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/878

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  54e416b03f1191020dbf5ea9aa2734a6e3b35f86ef0449daa07e0f1691d2396c

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 878, 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.