House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To extend the interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans.
Sponsor: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 11, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 8, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1498.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JEFFRIES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1957):The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1498, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1498
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e8b0ff2289336f5c285ea6c65a4bd885f7504f02ee9c9465553516719045b68e
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 March 23, 2026). 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
21 cosponsors — 21 Democrats
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Keith Ellison (D-MN), William Enyart (D-IL), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
- H.R. 5108 (113th) To establish the Law School Clinic Certification Program of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1501 (113th) Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument Preservation Act
- H.R. 3878 (113th) Hate Crime Reporting Act of 2014
- H.R. 2695 (113th) American Public Housing Act of 2013
- H.Res. 514 (113th) Honoring Thomas Jennings of New York City as the first African-American to be granted a patent by the United States.
- H.R. 4936 (113th) Vulnerable Immigrant Voice Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.