Think Differently about Education Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4259.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4259, Think Differently about Education Act of 2023” on September 21, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on September 14, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 21, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59592

  CBO publication date

  September 21, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4259, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4259

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f787466ee9c5acde609df3af14fcdcd7d4a9b73a8f908a7d8738b6c912d2924f

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-252 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on October 25, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 25, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/252

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4259, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4259

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f787466ee9c5acde609df3af14fcdcd7d4a9b73a8f908a7d8738b6c912d2924f

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOLINARO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 108, June 21, 2023, Page H3073):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Education
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  72 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4259, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4259

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f787466ee9c5acde609df3af14fcdcd7d4a9b73a8f908a7d8738b6c912d2924f

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4259, 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.