House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Students and Young Consumers Empowerment Act
Official title: To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to establish the position of the Assistant Director and Student Loan Borrower Advocate of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, to provide a framework for the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and the Department of Education to coordinate in providing assistance to and serving borrowers seeking to resolve complaints related to their private education or Federal student loans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Suzanne Bonamici D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2026
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Latest action: Feb 25, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and 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. 7671.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BONAMICI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 37, February 25, 2026, Page H2329):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7671, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7671
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Summer Lee (D-PA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Shri Thanedar (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 7129 (119th) Water Power Research and Development Reauthorization Act
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- H.R. 846 (119th) SAD Act
- H.J.Res. 189 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of…
- H.Res. 856 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Department of Agriculture should use its contingency funds and…
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.