Ensuring Distance Education Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8761.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OWENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 101, June 14, 2024, Page H4109):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that non-Federal revenue generated through certain distance education programs may be counted purposes of the non-Federal revenue requirements applicable to proprietary institutions of higher education (commonly known as the ``90/10 rule'').
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 14, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  392 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8761, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8761

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  09f93a416f267ea72da3e33b246207ba15bba86d3ae9404521a1fd70037780dd

  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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