House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Cohen D-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1674.
- 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 (Vol. 161, No. 51, March 26, 2015, Page H2113):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1674, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1674
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
973699a29ce363d103a496e3beb3a54f8430773bea9df17cecb40cec8fdd992a
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 12, 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
41 cosponsors — 41 Democrats
0 of 41 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), William Keating (D-MA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen.
- H.R. 4246 (114th) National Guard and Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act of 2015
- H.R. 2302 (114th) Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2015
- H.R. 1282 (114th) Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2015
- H.R. 1538 (114th) CARERS Act of 2015
- H.R. 5073 (114th) EUREKA Act
- H.R. 5691 (114th) To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Elie Wiesel for placement in the United States Capitol.
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.