House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Student Loan Deferment for Sex-Based Harassment Survivors Act
Sponsor: Rep. Madeleine Dean D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 20, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 29, 2023 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4899)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5588.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 152, September 20, 2023, Page H4438):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Loan DefermentSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 20, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 78 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5588, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5588
- 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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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 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
16 cosponsors — 16 Democrats
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jill Tokuda (D-HI).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3686 (118th) SHIELD Act of 2023
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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.