House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act of 1997

H.R. 2535Introduced Sep 24, 1997Policy area: Education

Sponsor: Rep. Howard McKeon R-CA

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Where it went

IntroducedSep 24, 1997
Committee actionOct 1, 1997
Passed HouseOct 21, 1997 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Nov 13, 1997 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2535.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2535, Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act of 1997” on October 7, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on October 1, 1997”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 7, 1997 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10440
CBO publication date
October 7, 1997
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2535, 105th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 21, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-322 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on October 21, 1997.
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2535, 105th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 21, 2025
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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

24 cosponsors — 24 Republicans

0 of 24 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Charles Bass (R-NH), John Boehner (R-OH), Michael Castle (R-DE), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Harris Fawell (R-IL), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Bill Goodling (R-PA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), James Greenwood (R-PA), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Sam Johnson (R-TX), David McIntosh (R-IN), Charles Norwood (R-GA), John Peterson (R-PA), Frank Riggs (R-CA), Marge Roukema (R-NJ), Mark Souder (R-IN), Floyd Spence (R-SC), John Thune (R-SD), Fred Upton (R-MI), J. Watts (R-OK), Gerald Weller (R-IL).

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Howard McKeon.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-25 district

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Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.