BEST Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7007.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 9, January 17, 2024, Page H188):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Education
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 17, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  73 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7007, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7007

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0821cfe3bdb49a6d87a2f8d3171c9f45e11d5d01927c9ec1f2bdbd0f7cb651f2

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7007, last updated December 5, 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.