House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Cohen D-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 26, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2028.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3757):Article I, Section 8, clause 4 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2028, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2028
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 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 August 14, 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
46 cosponsors — 46 Democrats
0 of 46 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Karen Bass (D-CA), Howard Berman (D-CA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Lois Capps (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Brad Miller (D-NC), George Miller (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Grace Napolitano (D-CA) and 16 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen.
- H.R. 2192 (112th) National Guard and Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act of 2011
- H.R. 3866 (112th) To award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the pioneers and participants of the Civil Rights movement.
- H.R. 583 (112th) Jane's Law
- H.R. 321 (112th) Equal Employment for All Act
- H.R. 1046 (112th) Honor the WISH Act
- H.R. 2210 (112th) Sportsmanship in Hunting Act of 2011
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.