House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Madeleine Dean D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 29, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 29, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6499.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 196, November 29, 2023, Page H5983):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Removing barriers to educationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 29, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 94 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6499, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6499
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 10661 (119th) Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
- S. 5614 (119th) Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.