Validate Prior Learning to Accelerate Employment Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6166.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEFANIK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 180, November 1, 2023, Page H5230):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Amending the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to identify or develop assessments to measure the prior knowledge, skills, competencies, and experiences of an individual.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 1, 2023 ↗

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  240 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6166, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6166

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  723ac73663b7b9faa48f9d1f3d53f8d544f3ca507aa04436e1dc6650cf396982

  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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