House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Student Financial Clarity Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase transparency in college tuition for consumers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Brett Guthrie R-KYWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 9, 2025
- Committee actionDec 11, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 21, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 395.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6498.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6498, Student Financial Clarity Act of 2025” on April 9, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on January 21, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62322
- CBO publication date
- April 9, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6498, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6498
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-461 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on January 21, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/461
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6498, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6498
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
776509dc528cd76ef7ac87f956fbd4e8328255b637448a5f607ce64e985a1d69
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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. GUTHRIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 207, December 9, 2025, Page H5112):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6498, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6498
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
776509dc528cd76ef7ac87f956fbd4e8328255b637448a5f607ce64e985a1d69
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Robert Onder (R-MO), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brett Guthrie.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 10, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.