House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SPELL Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide additional amounts of loan forgiveness to teachers of English learners and teachers of bilingual and dual language immersion students, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Adriano Espaillat D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 15, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 15, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6711.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESPAILLAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 211, December 15, 2025, Page H5899):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States; . . .Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6711, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6711
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 14, 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 14, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adriano Espaillat.
- H.R. 4368 (119th) Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act
- H.R. 1787 (119th) Roberto Clemente Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 1061 (119th) Protecting Sensitive Locations Act
- H.Res. 569 (119th) Affirming that diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility are fundamental values of the United States and emphasizing the ongoing…
- H.R. 4651 (119th) Immigration Enforcement Staff Body Camera Accountability Act
- H.R. 2974 (119th) Training and Nutrition Stability
Related bills
- S. 5634 (119th) SPELL ActRelated 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.