Creating Early Childhood Leaders Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9847.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PETTERSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 150, September 25, 2024, Page H5832):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 The single subject of this legislation is: Amends Title II of the Higher Education Act by requiring school leadership programs receiving federal Teacher Quality Partnership grants to include training on early childhood development.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 25, 2024 ↗

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  267 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9847, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9847

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9ec6f236bdcbde512ed65df73d7b65b4fc7d220f74d4f6920f0ccf663d34ea59

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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