College Cost Transparency and Student Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1311.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McCLAIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 39, March 1, 2023, Page H1052):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to publish requirements for financial aid offers to be provided by institutions of higher education to enrolled and prospective students.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  280 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1311, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1311

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ec8d7037513f4392c16b2b4e619e4d916c7fe39069a3d6b11c6559e9bb70a70a

  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. 1311, last updated July 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.