House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Student Debt Alternative and CTE Awareness Act
Official title: To require the Secretary of Education to disclose information about career and technical education and funding under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, and require FAFSA applications to include a career and technical education acknowledgment.
Sponsor: Rep. Roger Williams R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 26, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1641.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 38, February 26, 2025, Page H880):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1641, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1641
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 February 6, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Donald Davis (D-NC), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Marie Perez (D-WA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Roger Williams.
- H.R. 5100 (119th) To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3174 (119th) Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act
- H.R. 1642 (119th) Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
- H.R. 5763 (119th) Main Street Parity Act
- H.R. 826 (119th) COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2026
- H.R. 1549 (119th) China Financial Threat Mitigation Act of 2025
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.