Civic Literacy in Higher Education Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10786.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MILLER of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 159, October 9, 2026, Page H6036):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 9, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10786, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10786

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 16, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a950afe9d8a54959736d73c832d8f9c2f117db0f4f54cf772aad1ea6b3e5209f

  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 October 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10786, last updated October 16, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 19, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.