House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act
Official title: To provide consumer protections for students.
Sponsor: Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 16, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9748.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 116, July 16, 2026, Page H4624):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9748, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9748
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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 2, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi.
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- H.Res. 824 (119th) Recognizing the religious and historical significance of the festival of Diwali.
- H.R. 2559 (119th) Taiwan Allies Fund Act
- H.R. 3452 (119th) Six Assurances to Taiwan Act
- H.R. 4688 (119th) COOL OFF Act
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.