House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Equity in Student Loan Relief Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 22, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 22, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6597.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEFANIK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 76, April 22, 2020, Page H1904):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 22, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6597, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6597
- 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
29 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 24 Democrats
24 of 29 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), James Himes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), John Katko (R-NY), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Al Lawson (D-FL), Susie Lee (D-NV), David Loebsack (D-IA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Katie Porter (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), William Thornberry (R-TX), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Peter Welch (D-VT), Susan Wild (D-PA), Ron Wright (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elise Stefanik.
- H.R. 2423 (116th) Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 2816 (116th) Vietnam-Era Veterans Hepatitis C Testing Enhancement Act of 2019
- H.R. 1741 (116th) Violence Against Women Extension Act of 2019
- H.R. 1935 (116th) Wage Equity Act of 2019
- H.R. 8058 (116th) Chinese Research Funds Accounting Act
- H.R. 3241 (116th) Canadian Snowbird Visa Act
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.