House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Shutdown Student Loans for Feds Act
Official title: To provide Federal student loan borrower relief for Federal employees.
Sponsor: Rep. Sarah Elfreth D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 28, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 28, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5843.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ELFRETH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 179, October 28, 2025, Page H4559):Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5843, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5843
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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 October 16, 2026). 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.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Summer Lee (D-PA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), Emily Randall (D-WA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Dina Titus (D-NV), James Walkinshaw (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sarah Elfreth.
- H.R. 4294 (119th) MAWS Act of 2026
- H.R. 1989 (119th) Protect Our Probationary Employees Act
- H.Res. 723 (119th) Recognizing the 180th anniversary of the United States Naval Academy.
- H.R. 5572 (119th) Help FEDS Act
- H.R. 7251 (119th) Prohibit Partisan Park Passes Act
- H.R. 6184 (119th) NOAA Data Preservation Act
Related bills
- S. 3070 (119th) Shutdown Student Loans for Feds ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.