Respecting the First Amendment on Campus Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7683.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7683, Respecting the First Amendment on Campus Act” on April 16, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 21, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 16, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60215

  CBO publication date

  April 16, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7683, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7683

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-468 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on April 26, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 26, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/468

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7683, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7683

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILLIAMS of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 47, March 15, 2024, Page H1188):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to adopt and adhere to principles of free speech, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 15, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  307 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7683, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7683

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fdf5a2e7e38c9e33bd988ce330363a4dab371b5b36dd9372bc2ff10c99ea03a4

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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