House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Fairness in Student Loan Lending Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1131.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McDERMOTT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 33, February 26, 2015, Page H1371):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1131, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1131
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
948be9f431ff81e00db2ba172adcde85c3efd2e4d70805106608a3ab90814524
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
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Corrine Brown (D-FL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Sam Farr (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim McDermott.
- H.R. 2429 (114th) Student Loan Tax Debt Relief Act
- H.R. 1025 (114th) SNAP Work Opportunities Act of 2015
- H.R. 5396 (114th) Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2016
- H.R. 3206 (114th) Student Tax Relief Act of 2015
- H.R. 1804 (114th) Crude-By-Rail Safety Act
- H.R. 5436 (114th) Protecting America's Health Measures 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.