House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 30, 2023
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 30, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4447.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. STEEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 114, June 30, 2023, Page H3162):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: EducationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 73 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4447, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4447
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
68472b67735c78befd716b1ac81a25f99f252809ccb6d03b74933ba4647f65ba
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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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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.