To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to support the recruitment and retention of paraprofessionals in public elementary schools, secondary schools, and preschool programs, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4550.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KUSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 118, July 11, 2023, Page H3207):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the forgoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: K-12 Education
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  361 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4550, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4550

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6a841507730d7f3affb659dc050f668ef331f69a3d4c79f2dfcbb3d2f81b6375

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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