Skip to main content
HRES 100 117th Congress House Education Cardiovascular and respiratory health Debt collection Education programs funding Emergency medical services and trauma care Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Income tax exclusion Infectious and parasitic diseases Interest, dividends, interest rates Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Racial and ethnic relations Student aid and college costs

Calling on the President of the United States to take executive action to broadly cancel Federal student loan debt.

Introduced: February 4, 2021 Introduced by: Pressley, Ayanna Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 4, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Feb 4, 2021
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution calls on the President to take executive action to cancel up to $50,000 in federal student loan debt for borrowers. Further, it encourages the President to (1) ensure that borrowers have no tax liability from the debt cancellation, (2) ensure that the debt cancellation helps close racial wealth gaps, and (3) pause student loan payments and interest accumulation on federal student loans for the duration of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.

What's happening now February 4, 2021

Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 48
D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · May 19, 2022
D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · May 18, 2022
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Nov 30, 2021
D
Stansbury, Melanie A.
New Mexico · Oct 21, 2021
D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Sep 21, 2021
D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Jul 6, 2021
D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jun 11, 2021
D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · May 13, 2021
D
Lieu, Ted
California · Apr 5, 2021
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 19, 2021
D
Chu, Judy
California · Feb 24, 2021
D
Vargas, Juan
California · Feb 15, 2021
D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Feb 4, 2021
D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Feb 4, 2021
D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Feb 4, 2021
D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 4, 2021
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Feb 4, 2021
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 4, 2021
D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 4, 2021
D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Feb 4, 2021
D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Feb 4, 2021
D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Feb 4, 2021
D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Feb 4, 2021
D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Feb 4, 2021
D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · Feb 4, 2021
D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Feb 4, 2021
D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Feb 4, 2021
D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Feb 4, 2021
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Feb 4, 2021
D
Khanna, Ro
California · Feb 4, 2021
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 4, 2021
D
Meng, Grace
New York · Feb 4, 2021
D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 4, 2021
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 4, 2021
D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Feb 4, 2021
D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Feb 4, 2021
D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Feb 4, 2021
D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Feb 4, 2021
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 4, 2021
D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Feb 4, 2021
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 4, 2021
D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Feb 4, 2021
D
Torres, Ritchie
New York · Feb 4, 2021
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 4, 2021
D
Waters, Maxine
California · Feb 4, 2021
D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Feb 4, 2021
D
Williams, Nikema
Georgia · Feb 4, 2021
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Feb 4, 2021