To abolish the Department of Education and to provide funding directly to States for elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2691.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOORE of Alabama, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 62, April 7, 2025, Page H1461):
  Article I, Section VIII
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  23 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2691, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2691

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  74b6eea33f24b69a0130386ddeed9b0d7ed11ec7e62a86255a6fa6e7fc4577f7

  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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2691, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.