Gold Star Children Education Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9869.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaLOTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 151, September 27, 2024, Page H5839):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To make dependents of members of the Armed Forces who died while serving on active duty eligible for enrollment in Department of Defense Education Activity schools on a tuition-free, space-available basis.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 27, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  294 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9869, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9869

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  efef3ac2e6619aab0797f3442bd61407d21f09248673979dde8cb97a9d1bcbdd

  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. 9869, 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.