House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Fairness in Student Loan Repayment Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 18, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 17, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5596.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARCIA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7890):Article 1, section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution and Article 1, section 8, clause 18 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 116 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5596, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5596
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
604f6acfae45f6318645f27b32a92091ada57d383cb283cfcbd0abe2ec22faa5
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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Matt Salmon (R-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Garcia.
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- H.R. 3451 (113th) Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2013
- H.R. 4828 (113th) I-STEM Act
- H.R. 5219 (113th) English Learning and Innovation Act
- H.R. 4613 (113th) Empowering Encore Entrepreneurs Act of 2014
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.