House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-227
Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008
Became law on May 7, 2008.
Sponsor: Rep. George Miller D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 8, 2008
- Committee actionApr 9, 2008
- Passed HouseApr 17, 2008 · 383–27
- Passed SenateApr 30, 2008 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesMay 1, 2008
- To the PresidentMay 6, 2008
- Became lawMay 7, 2008
Latest action: May 7, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-227.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5715.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5715, Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008” on April 15, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on April 9, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19642
- CBO publication date
- April 15, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5715, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5715
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
20f80111120580ab72b93f2d6227ec1aec39ad268eb4ea883431266fb346c2ed
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5715, Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008” on April 15, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on April 9, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19642
- CBO publication date
- April 15, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5715, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5715
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
20f80111120580ab72b93f2d6227ec1aec39ad268eb4ea883431266fb346c2ed
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5715, Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008” on May 7, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 1, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 7, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19710
- CBO publication date
- May 7, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5715, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5715
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
20f80111120580ab72b93f2d6227ec1aec39ad268eb4ea883431266fb346c2ed
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5715, Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008” on May 7, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 1, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 7, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19710
- CBO publication date
- May 7, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5715, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5715
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
20f80111120580ab72b93f2d6227ec1aec39ad268eb4ea883431266fb346c2ed
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 110-583 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on April 14, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 14, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/583
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5715, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5715
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
20f80111120580ab72b93f2d6227ec1aec39ad268eb4ea883431266fb346c2ed
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.6889, which became Public Law 110-350 on 10/7/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5715, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5715
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
20f80111120580ab72b93f2d6227ec1aec39ad268eb4ea883431266fb346c2ed
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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
32 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 28 Democrats
4 of 32 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Jason Altmire (D-PA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Danny Davis (D-IL), David Davis (R-TN), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Phil Hare (D-IL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Ric Keller (R-FL), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), John Lewis (D-GA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Howard McKeon (R-CA), John Olver (D-MA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Robert Scott (D-VA), Joe Sestak (D-PA), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. George Miller.
- H.R. 2669 (110th) College Cost Reduction and Access Act
- H.R. 4137 (110th) Higher Education Opportunity Act
- H.R. 6889 (110th) To extend the authority of the Secretary of Education to purchase guaranteed student loans for an additional year, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 800 (110th) Employee Free Choice Act of 2007
- H.R. 2831 (110th) Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007
- H.R. 5522 (110th) Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2008
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.