Know Before You Owe Federal Student Loan Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1216.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 37, February 27, 2023, Page H916):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation that would require Institutes of Higher Education to counsel students before any federal student loans are disbursed.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  223 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1216, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1216

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c31ed6386d99a4f5fbd913e94c9efaa3572a76cf9ab87ff825f034c8c937e3e4

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1216, last updated December 5, 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.