House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Student Empowerment Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 25, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 25, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6050.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 176, October 25, 2023, Page H5107):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To encourage saving for educationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 25, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 97 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6050, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6050
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e94882be6f07558a6f8cbad001011c240f66b2353cb46b93274598db9cc42811
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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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
9 cosponsors — 9 Republicans
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Dan Bishop (R-NC), Ron Estes (R-KS), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), David Kustoff (R-TN), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Hern.
- H.R. 3799 (118th) CHOICE Arrangement Act
- H.R. 7906 (118th) Strengthening State and Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act
- H.R. 6816 (118th) PROTECT Our Kids Act
- H.R. 8915 (118th) Education and Workforce Freedom Act
- H.R. 7476 (118th) Countering Communist China Act
- H.R. 384 (118th) Protecting Life from Chemical Abortions Act
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.