House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Opportunity To Address College Hunger Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to provide notice to students receiving work-study assistance about potential eligibility for participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 12, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3943.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BONAMICI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 101, June 12, 2025, Page H2822):Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 44 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3943, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3943
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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
38 cosponsors — 38 Democrats
0 of 38 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), William Keating (D-MA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), John Larson (D-CT), George Latimer (D-NY), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) and 8 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.