House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Coronavirus Emergency Student Loan Refinancing Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 26, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6397.
- 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. 166, No. 60, March 26, 2020, Page H1729):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6397, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6397
- 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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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
60 cosponsors — 60 Democrats
0 of 60 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Anthony Brown (D-MD), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), James Himes (D-CT), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), John Larson (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA) and 30 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney.
- H.R. 748 (116th) CARES Act
- H.R. 8472 (116th) Impact Aid Coronavirus Relief Act
- H.R. 1309 (116th) Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
- H.R. 1707 (116th) Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act
- H.R. 1257 (116th) United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act of 2019
- H.R. 1682 (116th) Improving Access to Medicare Coverage 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.