House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Student Loan Refinancing and Recalculation Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 10, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 10, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4001.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARAMENDI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 162, October 10, 2017, Page H7918):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 10, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4001, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4001
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
12477e8c98665fd91ea94721b534bc7a94ce5ce87321830c7fe063ce441489b1
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
28 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 26 Democrats
2 of 28 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), John Katko (R-NY), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Filemon Vela (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Garamendi.
- H.R. 5326 (115th) Maritime Technical Corrections Act of 2018
- H.R. 6206 (115th) Coast Guard Blue Technology Center of Expertise Act
- H.R. 5879 (115th) Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2018
- H.R. 1251 (115th) CPI-E Act of 2017
- H.R. 5893 (115th) Energizing American Shipbuilding Act
- H.Res. 189 (115th) Recognizing the historic, cultural, and religious significance of the festival of Vaisakhi, and for other purposes.
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.