House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Student Loan Opportunity Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 12, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 12, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 480.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FLORES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 8, January 12, 2017, Page H472):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 72 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 480, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/480
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 480, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
9 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 9 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Mike Coffman (R-CO), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), John Duncan (R-TN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), David Kustoff (R-TN), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), David Roe (R-TN), William Thornberry (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Flores.
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- H.R. 6140 (115th) Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability Act
- H.Res. 1172 (115th) Honoring the life of President George Herbert Walker Bush.
- H.R. 370 (115th) To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education…
- H.R. 710 (115th) Health Coverage State Flexibility Act of 2017
- H.R. 705 (115th) Verify Eligibility Coverage 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.