Defend Girls Athletics Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4363.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 120, July 14, 2025, Page H3245):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution, which provides Congress the power to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States,'' including through the conditional appropriation of federal funds to educational institutions. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which grants Congress the authority to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution its enumerated powers, including the spending power. Furthermore, this legislation falls within Congress's authority to regulate the terms and conditions of participation in federal education programs pursuant to its spending power under the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2025 ↗

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  650 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4363, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4363

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 17, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3cf1e15878917b022bb2e21e31eaf59b684f884a365633c27d8280d31ac5d95f

  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 17, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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