Educator Down Payment Assistance Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8285.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SWALWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 79, May 7, 2024, Page H2938):
  Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in congress). The single subject of this legislation is: A bill to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to provide financial assistance to certain educators to make down payments on certain homes, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8285, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8285

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 25, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

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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 October 25, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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