Civil Rights Protection Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8648.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R 8648, Civil Rights Protection Act of 2024” 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60432

  CBO publication date

  June 18, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8648, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8648

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fe77969154bc5bbac50d2c21d013220e93312db2ce3ace7efabe13c40bb71960

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-593 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on July 18, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/593

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8648, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8648

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fe77969154bc5bbac50d2c21d013220e93312db2ce3ace7efabe13c40bb71960

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. CHAVEZ-DEREMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 97, June 7, 2024, Page H3680):
  Article I, Section VIII The single subject of this legislation is: To increase the transparency of colleges and universities in carrying out their civil rights responsibilities, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 7, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  201 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8648, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8648

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fe77969154bc5bbac50d2c21d013220e93312db2ce3ace7efabe13c40bb71960

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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