House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 60-month limitation period on the allowance of a deduction of interest on loans for higher education expenses.
Sponsor: Rep. Patsy Mink D-HIWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2001
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 13, 2001 — See H.R.1836.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 686.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R. 1836, which became Public Law 107-16 on 6/7/2001.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 2, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 686, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/686
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 2, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
58 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 56 Democrats
2 of 58 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), John Baldacci (D-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Bob Clement (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Earl Hilliard (D-AL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Ron Kind (D-WI) and 28 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Patsy Mink.
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- H.R. 326 (107th) Ovarian Cancer Research and Information Amendments of 2001
- H.R. 3113 (107th) TANF Reauthorization Act of 2001
- H.R. 134 (107th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and…
- H.R. 594 (107th) To amend the Social Security Act to further extend health care coverage under the Medicare Program.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.