House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SOAR Permanent Authorization Act
Official title: To amend the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act with respect to certain funding, testing, and evaluation requirements and to permanently authorize an appropriation for such Act.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 4, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 954.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOOLENAAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 23, February 4, 2025, Pages H460-H461):Article I, Section 8, Clause 17: The Congress shall have Power To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of theSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 377 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 954, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/954
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 May 7, 2025). 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Moolenaar.
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- H.R. 9642 (119th) Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act
- H.R. 1723 (119th) Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2025
- H.R. 8730 (119th) Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026
- H.Res. 63 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of January 26 through February 1, 2025, as "National School Choice Week".
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.