Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4588.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHNEIDER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 119, July 12, 2023, Page H3478):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Study Abroad
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 12, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  76 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4588, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4588

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b07f22ef2c7a8cd4684365d470405445ad9cfd59df653591cb2d8b0d6f391c2f

  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 January 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4588, last updated January 9, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.