House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Student Loan Refinancing and Recalculation Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 26, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5710.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARAMENDI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 156, September 26, 2023, Page H4500):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill provides for the refinancing or deferral of certain federal student loans.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 148 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5710, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5710
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 July 21, 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
11 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 10 Democrats
1 of 11 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Harder (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Hillary Scholten (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Garamendi.
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- H.R. 1273 (118th) Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2023
- H.R. 1293 (118th) Cabin Air Safety Act of 2023
- H.R. 6081 (118th) To amend the short title of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act to be the Dianne Feinstein Lake Tahoe Restoration Act.
- H.R. 716 (118th) Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2023
- H.R. 7771 (118th) National Rosie the Riveter Day Act
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.