To provide additional funding for scholarships for students at 1890 institutions, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1271.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 29, February 12, 2025, Page H678):
  To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises in order to provide for the general welfare of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  120 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1271, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1271

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5362e48d179f3c8d09307a8f592b35641858cd50371b127e75aa603cc9611678

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1271, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.