Affordable College Textbook Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1811.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEGUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 55, March 27, 2023, Page H1465):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Authorize a grant program to improve access to affordable textbooks.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  132 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1811, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1811

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7a36bed45c364c0eb9dd8b15c198b6c2acea8e178f11434981d7cbdf4f95319f

  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. 1811, 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.