House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Higher Education Dream Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6525.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 125, July 25, 2018, Page H7688):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 224 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6525, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6525
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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
39 cosponsors — 39 Democrats
0 of 39 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Val Demings (D-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Lewis.
- H.R. 267 (115th) Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2017
- H.R. 12 (115th) Voter Empowerment Act of 2017
- H.R. 2640 (115th) Every Child Deserves a Family Act
- H.Res. 455 (115th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on Nelson Mandela International Day.
- H.Res. 641 (115th) Recognizing the 150th Anniversary of Morehouse College and its contributions to the United States and the world.
- H.R. 2612 (115th) Community Reentry Act of 2017
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.