Protecting American Students Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8913.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8913, Protecting American Students Act” on August 8, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 9, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 8, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60605

  CBO publication date

  August 8, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8913, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8913

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  43ec3c7005f9b4d4cf607c704662bc3db07e454d1227f67ede6468cb7c332188

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-949 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on December 24, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 24, 2024 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/949

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8913, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8913

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  43ec3c7005f9b4d4cf607c704662bc3db07e454d1227f67ede6468cb7c332188

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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. FERGUSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 110, July 2, 2024, Page H4452):
  Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the following statement is submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: ``Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to ``provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.'' The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain students from the calculation to determine if certain private colleges and universities are subject to the excise tax on net investment…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 2, 2024 ↗

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  Statement length

  724 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8913, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8913

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  43ec3c7005f9b4d4cf607c704662bc3db07e454d1227f67ede6468cb7c332188

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