House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
HEROES Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include service as a volunteer firefighter or volunteer emergency medical technician as a public service job for purposes of eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 1, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3146.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 73, May 1, 2025, Page H1811):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3146, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3146
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 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 October 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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Josh Riley (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Daniel Goldman.
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- H.R. 7427 (119th) SAFE VISITS Act
- H.R. 4176 (119th) No Secret Police Act of 2025
- H.R. 9211 (119th) Jewish American Security Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.