Protect Economic Freedom Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10257.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FOXX, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 175, November 26, 2024, Page H6203):
  U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit an institution that participates in a nonexpressive commercial boycott of Israel from being eligible for certain funds under that Act.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 26, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  272 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10257, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10257

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  212806b1162e4bd5cae5673a783c53d4dde20a474f2db4229782515e0bd4d60e

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10257, last updated August 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.