College Financial Aid Clarity Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6502.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6502, College Financial Aid Clarity Act of 2025” on April 13, 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 13, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62330

  CBO publication date

  April 13, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6502, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6502

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 10, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b07e665a7fc5cc5a2d1a966d9d1eff2c99082159130f536ba1da82d1df6e9513

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-460 ↗. 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/460

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6502, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6502

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 10, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b07e665a7fc5cc5a2d1a966d9d1eff2c99082159130f536ba1da82d1df6e9513

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McCLAIN, 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

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6502, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6502

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 10, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b07e665a7fc5cc5a2d1a966d9d1eff2c99082159130f536ba1da82d1df6e9513

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6502, last updated October 7, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 10, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.