Professional Student Degree Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6718.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 211, December 15, 2025, Page H5899):
  Article 1 Section 8 Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 15, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6718, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6718

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7fce58e3bfce703ec044f88df233a1e8ec8909682b8d5be7b0bc2f0bf4a2833c

  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 October 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6718, last updated October 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.