AID Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2981.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEVENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 71, April 27, 2023, Page H2088):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Student Aid
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  190 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2981, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2981

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  be6330d779ead40d6b08e937a30a6f012c5d41374b606dd844aee8ec1e469db6

  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. 2981, 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.