To codify Executive Order 14235 relating to restoring public service loan forgiveness.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4727.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SELF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 126, July 23, 2025, Page H3649):
  Congress has the power to provide for the general welfare of the United States pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  163 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4727, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4727

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 18, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  82a5457ec1087e75f90e351875e8728f671aeb8b93d630424eb3ad976cda2c8e

  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 18, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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