House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
To terminate the Department of Education.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jan 31, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 899.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MASSIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 21, January 31, 2025, Page H434):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 899, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/899
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
185070f260a3d958a0f0c8e9ce673ea0ca67b58046fc52c2b9d811bcb70bcc7e
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
37 cosponsors — 37 Republicans
0 of 37 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Ben Cline (R-VA), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Mike Collins (R-GA), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Mark Green (R-TN), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Andy Harris (R-MD), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Mary Miller (R-IL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Scott Perry (R-PA), Chip Roy (R-TX), Keith Self (R-TX), Victoria Spartz (R-IN) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Massie.
- H.R. 2267 (119th) NICS Data Reporting Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1399 (119th) Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records relating to monetary settlements involving acts of sexual…
- H.Con.Res. 38 (119th) Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized…
- H.R. 645 (119th) National Constitutional Carry Act
- H.Res. 581 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 185) to advance responsible policies.
- H.R. 4700 (119th) PRIME Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.