HIGHER ED Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6424.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeFAZIO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 12, January 19, 2022, Page H253):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 19, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  140 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6424, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6424

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  130bb4e85760cc3e7472d3278b92dfa358509fe0bf7b94c3e58aed6fdf96a4f6

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6424, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.