House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Affordable PLUS Repayment Options for Parents Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow borrowers of Parent PLUS loans or loans under section 428B made on behalf of a dependent student to repay such loans pursuant to an income-contingent repayment plan or income-based repayment plan, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Maxine Waters D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 27, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1759.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H921):Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 35 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1759, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1759
- 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
21 cosponsors — 21 Democrats
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters.
- H.R. 3422 (119th) Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act
- H.R. 1764 (119th) Aligning SEC Regulations for the World Bank’s International Development Association Act
- H.R. 4544 (119th) American Access to Banking Act
- H.Res. 259 (119th) Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents in the President's possession to the House of Representatives relating to…
- H.R. 10325 (119th) To increase the mandatory contribution amount of Federal Home Loan Banks to the Affordable Housing Program, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 1106 (119th) Honoring the life and legacy of Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.
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.