House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Debt-Free College Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 7, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 7, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3923.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POCAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 99, June 7, 2023, Page H2781):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To establish a state-federal partnership to reduce the cost of college for students enrolled in certian higher education institutions.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 7, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 198 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3923, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3923
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 December 5, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Pocan.
- H.R. 5685 (118th) Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2023
- H.Res. 173 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of February 27 through March 3, 2023, as "Public Schools Week".
- H.Res. 1032 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of February 26 through March 1, 2024, as "Public Schools Week".
- H.R. 6470 (118th) Restore Honor to Service Members Act of 2023
- H.R. 8807 (118th) Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2024
- H.R. 4844 (118th) Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act
Related bills
- H.R. 10455 (119th) Debt-Free College Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
- S. 5403 (119th) Debt-Free College Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.