House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
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- IntroducedJun 15, 2023
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Latest action: Jun 15, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4144.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OWENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 105, June 15, 2023, Page H2959):Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: EducationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 95 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4144, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4144
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9ef047fd54d6768204e1bb6662779f359ee0d5f5660236579b28dbdc90337328
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.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Lisa McClain (R-MI), Cory Mills (R-FL), Brandon Williams (R-NY), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Burgess Owens.
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- H.R. 3724 (118th) End Woke Higher Education Act
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- H.R. 2685 (118th) Mining Schools Act of 2024
- H.R. 887 (118th) Securing Our Students Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.