House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Preventing Financial Exploitation in Higher Education Act
Official title: To impose a financial penalty on certain institutions of higher education with high percentages of students who default or make insufficient payments on Federal student loans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Beth Van Duyne R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 23, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 713.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VAN DUYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 14, January 23, 2025, Page H389):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 713, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/713
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 July 21, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Beth Van Duyne.
- H.R. 2965 (119th) Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025
- H.R. 8873 (119th) Recover COVID Unemployment Fraud in Banks Act
- H.R. 2966 (119th) American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025
- H.R. 6903 (119th) Ensuring Children Receive Support Act
- H.R. 5498 (119th) Small Business Health Options Awareness Act of 2026
- H.R. 8883 (119th) Protecting Seniors and Stopping Fraudsters 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.