House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SIMPLE Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include notification and automatic enrollment procedures for borrowers who are delinquent on loans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 2, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 2, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Education and 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. 10220.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BONAMICI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 139, September 2, 2026, Page H5478):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 2, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10220, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10220
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 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 10, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Takano (D-CA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 9192 (118th) SIMPLE ActCross-Congress related bill
- H.R. 8522 (117th) SIMPLE ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.