Growing Reputable Academic Departments Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4176.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McCLELLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 105, June 15, 2023, Page H2960):
  Clause 1 of section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Graduate level STEM programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  226 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4176, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4176

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fda51aff83da6a31dcbbeeb2ddcbe2b63ec9743aa94ad3a561962696bf5eb62d

  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. 4176, 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.