House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Affordable Loans for Students Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to lower the interest rate on Federal student loans to 2 percent.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2003.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 44, March 10, 2025, Page H1068):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2003, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2003
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e138d00e512fa0c101447e8242c8293cc4168651f3158bd179fcdc4e15f09d99
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 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2003, last updated September 25, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Shomari Figures (D-AL), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Josh Riley (D-NY), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.