House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Preventing Financial Exploitation in Higher Education Act
Sponsor: Rep. Beth Van Duyne R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 26, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. 7831.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VAN DUYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 52, March 26, 2024, Page H2121):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To impose a financial penalty on certain institutions of higher education with high percentages of students who default or make insufficient payments on Federal student loans.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 239 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7831, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7831
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 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 August 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Beth Van Duyne.
- H.R. 5426 (118th) To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to provide a link to resources for submitting reports on suspected fraud…
- H.R. 3995 (118th) Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act
- H.R. 5687 (118th) HSA Modernization Act of 2023
- H.R. 4362 (118th) Saving Organs One Flight at a Time Act
- H.R. 7216 (118th) Protecting Healthcare Employee Privacy Act
- H.Res. 117 (118th) Affirming that Social Security is one of the primary pillars of retirement support for millions of older Americans, and for other purposes.
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.