House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act of 2021
Sponsor: Rep. Madeleine Dean D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 6, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 6, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4950.
- 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. 167, No. 141, August 6, 2021, Page H4320):Art. 1. sect. 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 6, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 15 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4950, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4950
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7132772b0062ded19ff54bb862e26c93d9f52d48ef77d28f53a269485b292350
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Troy Carter (D-LA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 7952 (117th) Valley Forge Park Realignment Permit and Promise Act
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- H.R. 1629 (117th) Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act
Related bills
- H.R. 10661 (119th) Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
- S. 5614 (119th) Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.