Peace Corps and AmeriCorps Student Loan Forgiveness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7457.

• 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. 170, No. 34, February 26, 2024, Page H696):
  Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of Education to count months during which Peace Corps volunteers and AmeriCorps members have eligible Federal Direct Loans in deferment or forbearance toward eligibility for public service loan forgiveness.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7457, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7457

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9093a4b2eeda403b2c55f2a4c1dec1ef937a058a3a30cdf1bfb8939c200f0578

  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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