House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
No Subsidies for Wealthy Universities Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 2, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: May 2, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8224.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 76, May 2, 2024, Page H2835):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill eliminates indirect cost reimbursement on federal research grants for institutions with endowments over $5 billion and caps indirect cost reimbursement for institutions with endowments larger than $2 billion but less than $5 billion at 8 percent. It also places caps indirect cost reimbursement for all other institutions at 15 percent. This bill require institutions of higher education that receive indirect cost reimbursement for federal grants to disclose where they spend extra funds on DEI staff.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 2, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 576 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8224, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8224
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a1524947f5253dc97ab11dc997c0370ea0556f11c5f7e02ac8c23447e1a5cb76
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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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Andy Harris (R-MD), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Keith Self (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ben Cline.
- H.R. 357 (118th) Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act
- H.R. 358 (118th) Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act
- H.R. 7737 (118th) One Agency Act
- H.R. 903 (118th) Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2023
- H.R. 2933 (118th) Federal Insurance Office Elimination Act
- H.R. 4154 (118th) No Welfare for the Wealthy Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.