House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law

Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act

H.R. 3179Introduced Jul 23, 2015Policy area: Education

Where it went

IntroducedJul 23, 2015
Committee actionJun 22, 2016
Passed HouseJul 11, 2016 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 12, 2016 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3179.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3179, Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act” on July 5, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on June 22, 2016”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 5, 2016 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51768
CBO publication date
July 5, 2016
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3179, 114th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 23, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-675 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on July 11, 2016.
Source: Congress.gov, reported July 11, 2016 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3179, 114th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 23, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GUTHRIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 116, July 23, 2015, Page H5467):
Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2015 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3179, 114th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 23, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 22, 2026
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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

38 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 19 Democrats

19 of 38 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Rick Allen (R-GA), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Earl Carter (R-GA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Robert Dold (R-IL), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), William Keating (D-MA), John Kline (R-MN), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Luke Messer (R-IN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), David Roe (R-TN) and 8 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brett Guthrie.

Sponsor’s state and district

Kentucky in Congress · KY-2 district

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