Protecting Student Athletes’ Economic Freedom Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8534.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8534, Protecting Student Athletes’ Economic Freedom Act” on June 18, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on June 13, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 18, 2024 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60430

  CBO publication date

  June 18, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8534, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8534

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 29, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-573 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on July 5, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 5, 2024 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/573

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8534, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8534

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 29, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOOD of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 90, May 23, 2024, Page H3524):
  Article I Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Prohibiting student athletes from being classified as employees under federal law.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2024 ↗

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  Statement length

  145 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8534, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8534

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 29, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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