Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8273.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 79, May 7, 2024, Page H2937):
  This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8Cl. 18). Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of The single subject of this legislation is: to provide access to higher education for homeless and foster youth.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2024 ↗

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  486 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8273, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8273

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a490f0e6f95db109635b0ea79aa448c4c94eb913efec67b51e3cfad5b2ee798a

  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. 8273, 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.