House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2024
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Foster D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 11, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 11, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7948.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FOSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 62, April 11, 2024, Page H2317):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Adds an allowance for broadband internet to the utility allowance provided to families with children in HUD housing programs.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 11, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 311 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7948, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7948
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 2024
- 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 July 23, 2024). 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC).
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Related bills
- H.R. 9144 (119th) Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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