Clock Hour Program Student Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7810.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMUCKER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 51, March 22, 2024, Page H1499):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section VIII of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the clock hour requirements for certain eligible programs under title IV of such Act.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  292 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7810, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7810

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d51be7b634ca5f05a0290e10b5ab297539129e11ec236c575f06020d2cc5b0f9

  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. 7810, 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.