House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Student Loan Contract Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to rename master promissory notes for loans made under part D of title IV of such Act to student loan contracts.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4555.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. UNDERWOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 124, July 21, 2025, Page H3527):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4555, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4555
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 11, 2025
- 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.
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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.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Danny Davis (D-IL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Mike Levin (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
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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.