To provide additional funding for scholarships for students at 1890 institutions.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1436.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 44, March 8, 2023, Page H1207):
  The commerce clause power under article 1, section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Funding for 1890s institutions.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2023 ↗

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  163 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1436, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1436

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  09c0e991972a87456f18770e4fe323839ea4d93afe3c3c04b8aefebb229651d6

  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 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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