House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
INSTRUCT Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional information in disclosures of foreign gifts and contracts from foreign sources.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Messmer R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 5, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1018.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MESSMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 24, February 5, 2025, Page H506):U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1018, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1018
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Messmer.
- H.R. 6213 (119th) Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025
- H.R. 2270 (119th) Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act
- H.R. 7720 (119th) Child Care Payment Integrity and Fraud Accountability Act of 2026
- H.R. 6466 (119th) Forced Abortion Prevention and Accountability Act
- H.R. 4107 (119th) GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025
- H.R. 3044 (119th) No Vaccine Mandates in Higher Education Act
Related bills
- H.R. 1048 (119th) DETERRENT ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.