House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Student Tax Relief Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3206.
- 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. 116, July 23, 2015, Page H5468):Clause I of Section VIII of Article I: ``The Congress shall have power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 221 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3206, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3206
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
23 cosponsors — 23 Democrats
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), John Conyers (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Robert Scott (D-VA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Norma Torres (D-CA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
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. 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.