House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act

H.R. 1707Introduced Mar 13, 2019Policy area: Education

Where it went

IntroducedMar 13, 2019
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 13, 2019 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1707.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COURTNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 45, March 13, 2019, Page H2717):
Article 1, Section 8
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). 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

87 cosponsors — 87 Democrats

0 of 87 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Jesús García (D-IL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Denny Heck (D-WA) and 57 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney.

Sponsor’s state and district

Connecticut in Congress · CT-2 district

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