Funding Early Childhood is the Right IDEA Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5141.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeSAULNIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 133, August 4, 2023, Page H4166):
  Article 1, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: Authorizes appropriations to both Part B, Section 619 and Part C of IDEA funding federal grants to assist states with early intervention services for children with disabilities aged 3-5 and 0-3.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 4, 2023 ↗

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  259 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5141, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5141

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e7cdc44c6393134f6f909f7881d051723cf4595dab1232d593183b0432c8dab7

  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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