House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Student Loan Tax Elimination Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate origination fees on Federal Direct loans.
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. 3165.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMUCKER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 73, May 1, 2025, Page H1811):Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3165, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3165
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 12, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
4 of 4 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Smucker.
- H.R. 5284 (119th) Claiming Age Clarity Act
- H.R. 2347 (119th) Survivor Justice Tax Prevention Act
- H.R. 5348 (119th) Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 9721 (119th) Fiscal Sponsorship Transparency Act of 2026
- H.R. 703 (119th) Main Street Tax Certainty Act
- H.R. 6231 (119th) Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act
Related bills
- S. 3538 (119th) Student Loan Tax Elimination ActRelated 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.