State-Based Education Loan Awareness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8243.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SESSIONS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 78, May 6, 2024, Page H2875):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would enable Institutions of Higher Education to make students aware of non-profit state agencies which offer lower-cost education loans.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 6, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  236 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8243, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8243

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ec847865460c49c39d6d5ddf4b6e52637cf5ef3a9cb2452a250b70ac0956dc2c

  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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