To abolish the Department of Education and to provide funding directly to States for elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 938.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOORE of Alabama, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 27, February 9, 2023, Page H828):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill abolishes the Department of Education and provides funding directly to States for elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  287 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 938, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/938

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  92ad700d7f8b899a564663317d0eb937ebc5786220b16727a1063572738306fa

  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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