Student Records Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6259.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 184, November 7, 2023, Page H5544):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The single subject of this legislation is: This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to establish record- management plans in order to be accredited or continue to be accredited, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 7, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  423 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6259, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6259

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e4fc03512235cadfe70549d0547ecb0749ef72352000b940f8d4fe8e0fc55d8f

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6259, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.