House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Providing Distance Education for Foreign Institutions Act
Official title: To amend title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide program eligibility for distance education programs offered by foreign institutions of higher education.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 21, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 21, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6282.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMUCKER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 197, November 21, 2025, Page H4897):Section VIII of Article I of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
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- 50 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6282, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6282
- 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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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 September 19, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Smucker.
- H.R. 5284 (119th) Claiming Age Clarity Act
- H.R. 2347 (119th) Survivor Justice Tax Prevention Act
- H.R. 5348 (119th) Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 9721 (119th) Fiscal Sponsorship Transparency Act of 2026
- H.R. 703 (119th) Main Street Tax Certainty Act
- H.R. 6231 (119th) Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.