House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
LOAN Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to double the Pell Grant award amount, improve the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, and reduce interest rates, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Scott D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 1, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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. 4862.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 133, August 1, 2025, Page H3674):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4862, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4862
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
27 cosponsors — 27 Democrats
0 of 27 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), James Walkinshaw (D-VA), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Scott.
- H.R. 6893 (119th) Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) Act
- H.Res. 435 (119th) Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Gerald E. Connolly.
- H.Res. 237 (119th) Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Education to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of…
- H.R. 20 (119th) Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- H.R. 2743 (119th) Raise the Wage Act of 2025
- H.R. 1954 (119th) Do No Harm Act
Related bills
- H.R. 2829 (119th) SERVICE ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.