Can’t Cancel Your Own Debt Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1234.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 38, February 28, 2023, Page H971):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: The single subject of this legislation is to prevent Members of Congress from benefitting inappropriately from student loan cancellation programs.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  221 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1234, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1234

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  efd12d8faf9c4b46928aca7302a9ecafa0d2f4247c74a56218b84b0064a3b119

  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 February 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1234, last updated February 2, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.