House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. John Delaney D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 4, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 7, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2366.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DELANEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 77, May 4, 2017, Page H4179):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 4, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2366, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2366
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 11, 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
38 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 36 Democrats, 1 independent
1 of 38 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), J. Correa (D-CA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Scott Peters (D-CA) and 8 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Delaney.
- H.R. 2683 (115th) Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2018
- H.R. 2587 (115th) Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2017
- H.R. 1669 (115th) Partnership to Build America Act of 2017
- H.R. 1827 (115th) Medical Leave for Disabled Veterans Act
- H.Res. 202 (115th) Reaffirming the commitment of the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
- H.R. 1670 (115th) Infrastructure 2.0 Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.