House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
REDI Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for interest-free deferment on student loans for borrowers serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program.
Sponsor: Rep. Brian Babin R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 11, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2028.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BABIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 45, March 11, 2025, Page H1151):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2028, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2028
- 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
133 cosponsors — 50 Republicans, 82 Democrats, 1 independent
82 of 133 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Mark Alford (R-MO), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Don Bacon (R-NE), Becca Balint (D-VT), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Jason Crow (D-CO), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA) and 103 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Babin.
- H.R. 3179 (119th) To rename the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge located in the State of Texas as the "Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge".
- H.R. 7813 (119th) NOAA Weather Radio Modernization Act
- H.R. 3705 (119th) Fog Observations and Geographic Forecasting Act
- H.R. 7273 (119th) NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026
- H.R. 3706 (119th) SUSHI Act
- H.R. 2984 (119th) ASTRO Act
Related bills
- S. 942 (119th) REDI ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.