Black History Matters Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 971.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 27, February 9, 2023, Page H829):
  The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress). The single subject of this legislation is: Education
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  323 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 971, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/971

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 4, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  136b5497458ff3025ef5d29961438378557970dbfb48f5911a25ff2a09e0f95f

  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 December 4, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 971, last updated December 4, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.