House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
HELP FEDs Act
Official title: To prohibit penalties, interest accrual, negative credit implications, or other adverse actions for qualified student loans for Federal employees during a lapse in Federal funding.
Sponsor: Rep. Jasmine Crockett D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 24, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 24, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5816.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CROCKETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 177, October 24, 2025, Page H4553):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5816, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5816
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 18, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of November 18, 2025). 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Greg Landsman (D-OH), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jasmine Crockett.
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- H.R. 2497 (119th) Abortion Care Awareness Act of 2025
- H.R. 1782 (119th) SHOPP Act of 2025
- H.R. 4881 (119th) SWIFT VOTE Act
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.