House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SERVICE Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and reduce interest rates.
Sponsor: Rep. Joe Courtney D-CTWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2829.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COURTNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 65, April 10, 2025, Page H1601):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2829, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2829
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
57c949efe007104737516ab9ed10c6a01da5b3c0ff339d3b9606696bb3750871
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 19, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), John Larson (D-CT), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Shri Thanedar (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney.
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- H.J.Res. 155 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of…
- H.R. 3954 (119th) Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025
- H.R. 3036 (119th) Protecting America’s Workers Act
- H.Res. 1209 (119th) Recognizing the significance of "Community College Month" in April as a celebration of more than 1,000 institutions throughout the United…
- H.Res. 340 (119th) Recognizing the significance of "Community College Month" in April 2025 as a celebration of the more than 1,000 community colleges…
Related bills
- H.R. 4862 (119th) LOAN ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.