Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7477.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN ORDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 37, February 29, 2024, Page H772):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 Article I, Section 8, clause 14 The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Secretary of Defense to complete a data- matching agreement with the Secretary of Education in order to ensure individuals who are current or former active-duty military service members or civilian employees and are otherwise eligible for assistance under the public service loan forgiveness program have their periods of employment automatically certified and counted towards the public service loan forgiveness program.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 29, 2024 ↗

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  H.R. 7477, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7477

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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  682593e19345a3c425c3f04de9616003b94187fbafe583769bc291d6160ff23e

  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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