House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Loan Forgiveness for Educators Act of 2022
Sponsor: Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NMWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 15, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 15, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8856.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 149, September 15, 2022, Page H7883):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 15, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8856, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
248290245e9a4bfb850a46850356627f369163eff58eff39fc4ab2c54a9424ad
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 January 21, 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), David Trone (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez.
- H.R. 2930 (117th) Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2021
- H.R. 6493 (117th) Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act of 2022
- H.R. 5338 (117th) Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2021
- H.R. 2415 (117th) Orphaned Well Cleanup and Jobs Act of 2021
- H.Con.Res. 55 (117th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Latina women in comparison to men.
- H.Con.Res. 122 (117th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Latina women in comparison to men.
Related bills
- H.R. 8896 (119th) Loan Forgiveness for Educators Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
- S. 4567 (119th) Loan Forgiveness for Educators Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.