Focus on Learning Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8993.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WESTERMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 114, July 10, 2024, Page H4589):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to conduct a study regarding the use of mobile devices in elementary and secondary schools, and to establish a pilot program of awarding grants to enable certain schools to create a school environment free of mobile devices.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

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  342 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8993, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8993

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c554987adbd1b44bf65a6a78b051ddd658dd99ee922fd976e9621cdeae91cf57

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8993, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.