House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
FAFSA Fairness Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 30, 2020 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Trone asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1075, a bill originally introduced by Representative Elijah Cummings, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1075.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CUMMINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1463):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1075, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1075
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
61c70d0973c6a80aa344f6911e424f6201cdf8edcad54c83a65fcedcb2a895e7
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1075, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 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
23 cosponsors — 23 Democrats
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Anthony Brown (D-MD), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Wm. Clay (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Bobby Rush (D-IL), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Robert Scott (D-VA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), David Trone (D-MD), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elijah Cummings.
- H.R. 1966 (116th) Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act of 2019
- H.R. 3469 (116th) Covert Testing and Risk Mitigation Improvement Act of 2019
- H.R. 135 (116th) Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2019
- H.R. 1235 (116th) MSPB Temporary Term Extension Act
- H.R. 136 (116th) Federal Intern Protection Act of 2019
- H.R. 1063 (116th) Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2019
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.