House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
GRADUATE Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the deduction for student loan interest to include payments toward principal, and to increase the value of the deduction.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Feb 12, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7536.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 30, February 12, 2026, Page H2220):Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into the Execution for the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 312 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7536, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7536
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 10, 2026
- 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 March 10, 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.
Shomari Figures (D-AL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Al Green (D-TX), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Daniel Goldman.
- H.R. 4058 (119th) Enhancing Stakeholder Support and Outreach for Preparedness Grants Act
- H.R. 5182 (119th) To make improvements in the enactment of title 54, United States Code, into a positive law title and to correct related technical errors.
- H.R. 1993 (119th) 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 7427 (119th) SAFE VISITS Act
- H.R. 4176 (119th) No Secret Police Act of 2025
- H.R. 9211 (119th) Jewish American Security 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.