House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 8, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 8, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2129.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GUTHRIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 60, April 8, 2019, Page H3129):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 8, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2129, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2129
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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 July 21, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Jim Banks (R-IN), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Harley Rouda (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brett Guthrie.
- H.R. 5663 (116th) Safeguarding Therapeutics Act
- H.R. 5758 (116th) Ceiling Fan Improvement Act of 2020
- H.Res. 55 (116th) Recognizing Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, for 200 years of leadership in higher education.
- H.R. 6937 (116th) Countering Online Harms Act
- H.R. 6938 (116th) Advancing Blockchain Act
- H.R. 8383 (116th) To designate certain future interstates and high priority corridors in Kentucky, and for other purposes.
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.