House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Debt-Free College Act of 2026
Official title: To establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Pocan D-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 16, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10455.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POCAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 146, September 16, 2026, Page H5984):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10455, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10455
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
18 cosponsors — 18 Democrats
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Donald Davis (D-NC), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Pocan.
- H.R. 5486 (119th) Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2025
- H.Res. 159 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of February 24 through February 28, 2025, as "Public Schools Week".
- H.R. 9414 (119th) Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2026
- H.R. 3367 (119th) Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act of 2025
- H.Res. 704 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction Model undermines beneficiary…
- H.R. 7555 (119th) Audit the Pentagon Act of 2026
Related bills
- S. 5403 (119th) Debt-Free College Act of 2026Related bill
- H.R. 3923 (118th) Debt-Free College Act of 2023Cross-Congress related bill
- S. 1848 (118th) Debt-Free College Act of 2023Cross-Congress related bill
- H.R. 2804 (117th) Debt-Free College Act of 2021Cross-Congress related bill
- S. 1263 (117th) Debt-Free College Act of 2021Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.