House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Public Service Educational Assistance Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a Public Service Educational Assistance Program to provide educational assistance to the dependents of public service employees, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Shomari Figures D-ALWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 24, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 24, 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. 10551.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FIGURES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 152, September 24, 2026, Pages H6004-H6005):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10551, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10551
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 21, 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.
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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 — 1 Republican, 5 Democrats
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Mike Ezell (R-MS), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 5849 (119th) USCP Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 21, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.