House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 27, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4986.
- 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. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4144):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate interest on student loans and establish the Education Affordability Trust FundSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 197 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4986, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4986
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 September 8, 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
29 cosponsors — 29 Democrats
0 of 29 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Ro Khanna (D-CA), John Larson (D-CT), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Katie Porter (D-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Susan Wild (D-PA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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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.