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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Savings Opportunity and Affordable Repayment Act

S. 1220Introduced Apr 1, 2025Policy area: Education

Official title: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for a Savings Opportunity and Affordable Repayment plan as an income contingent repayment plan.

Sponsor: Sen. Jeff Merkley D-OR
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Where it went

Latest action: Apr 1, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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

17 cosponsors — 16 Democrats, 1 independent

0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Timothy Kaine (D-VA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ben Luján (D-NM), Edward Markey (D-MA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Tina Smith (D-MN), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Ron Wyden (D-OR).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Jeff Merkley.

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Sponsor’s state and district

Oregon in Congress

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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.