House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PROTECT Students Act of 2025
Official title: To provide for accountability in higher education.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Takano D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 10, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2899.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAKANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 65, April 10, 2025, Page H1603):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. 2899, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2899
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 18, 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 18, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Susie Lee (D-NV), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Maxine Waters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Takano.
- H.R. 5723 (119th) Fraud Reduction And Uncovering Deception (FRAUD) in VA Disability Exams Act
- H.R. 15 (119th) Equality Act
- H.R. 7853 (119th) PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- H.R. 3261 (119th) VA Employee Fairness Act of 2025
- H.R. 8868 (119th) Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2026
- H.R. 1957 (119th) End Veteran Homelessness Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 994 (119th) PROTECT Students Act of 2025Identical bill
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.