House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Student Loan Reform Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a program under which an institution of higher education may elect to cosign Federal student loans made to students attending the institution, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Scott Perry R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 12, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 12, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8759.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 80, May 12, 2026, Page H3394):Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 44 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8759, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8759
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Perry.
- H.Con.Res. 73 (119th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band…
- H.Con.Res. 9 (119th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers Memorial Service and the National Honor Guard and Pipe Band…
- H.R. 1540 (119th) Falun Gong Protection Act
- H.R. 1342 (119th) Stopping Political Discrimination in Disaster Assistance Act
- H.R. 1210 (119th) Protecting Taxpayers’ Wallets Act of 2025
- H.R. 3563 (119th) Taiwan PLUS Act
Related bills
- H.R. 8461 (118th) Student Loan Reform ActCross-Congress related bill
- H.R. 1586 (117th) Student Loan Reform ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.