Teacher Debt Relief Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8815.

• 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. 172, No. 82, May 14, 2026, Page H3532):
  Generally, U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. 8 Specifically, U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 1: Congress has power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States'' [. . .]
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2026 ↗

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  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8815, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8815

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d38adc4e79eb305dc5b965b3a700705d0632d34f45a1062fef5aee95f6957bc5

  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 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8815, last updated October 21, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.