House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Service Workers Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for a percentage of student loan forgiveness for public service employment, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Eric Swalwell D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- 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. 6284.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SWALWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 197, November 21, 2025, Page H4897):Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in congress).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 189 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6284, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6284
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of March 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Democrats
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brendan Boyle (D-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), John Larson (D-CT), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eric Swalwell.
- H.R. 820 (119th) Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act
- H.R. 3740 (119th) Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025
- H.R. 3607 (119th) MARSHALS Act
- H.R. 7380 (119th) IRAN Act
- H.R. 403 (119th) Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act
- H.R. 7988 (119th) Safe Passage to the World Cup Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.