Parents Bill of Rights Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5, Parents Bill of Rights Act” on March 13, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 1, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 13, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59002

  CBO publication date

  March 13, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6d9f6a4f4d1df0d1ce5c6111bc58e601ac679c60068f401aba7189e57fb6e9bd

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-9 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on March 14, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 14, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/9

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6d9f6a4f4d1df0d1ce5c6111bc58e601ac679c60068f401aba7189e57fb6e9bd

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LETLOW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 39, March 1, 2023, Page H1050):
  Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: related to parents' rights in their children's education.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  164 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6d9f6a4f4d1df0d1ce5c6111bc58e601ac679c60068f401aba7189e57fb6e9bd

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

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