Closing the College Hunger Gap Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 777.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HAYES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 18, January 28, 2025, Page H406):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  269 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 777, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/777

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 16, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9709cff117a9ccfe129ca41828bffd7daefe9dfb5ffb6c589c3d7b593ce58610

  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 September 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 777, last updated September 16, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.