House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Cohen D-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 9, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 138.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H110):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 138, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/138
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 24, 2024). 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eric Swalwell (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen.
- H.R. 3315 (118th) National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act of 2023
- H.R. 7224 (118th) To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training Program.
- H.R. 4693 (118th) Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act
- H.R. 2708 (118th) Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2023
- H.R. 4241 (118th) Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2023
- H.R. 6498 (118th) Billionaire Minimum Income Tax Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.