House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Student Loan Tax Debt Relief Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 19, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2429.
- 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. 77, May 19, 2015, Page H3389):Clause I of Section VIII of Article I.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 38 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2429, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2429
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
39912e1318f294c6136f417f4e91498a1f5b0d9b522c159de04215cf158accb3
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
56 cosponsors — 56 Democrats
0 of 56 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Michael Honda (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ron Kind (D-WI), James Langevin (D-RI) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim McDermott.
- 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. 1131 (114th) Fairness in Student Loan Lending Act
- 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.