House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Accreditation Choice and Innovation Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reform accreditation.
Sponsor: Rep. Randy Fine R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 20, 2025
- Committee actionJun 25, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2025 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 360.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4054.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4054, Accreditation Choice and Innovation Act” on October 24, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on June 25, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61826
- CBO publication date
- October 24, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4054, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4054
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-414 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on December 18, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/414
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4054, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4054
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 106, June 20, 2025, Page H2837):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, the Spending Clause Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 20, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 117 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4054, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4054
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Randy Fine.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.