HR 6668 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Can’t Cancel Your Own Debt Act of 2022

Introduced Feb 9, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Tom Cole R-OK

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Feb 9, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 9, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Can't Cancel Your Own Debt Act of 2022

This bill prohibits a Member of Congress from receiving student loan cancellation for time served in Congress or from a student loan program established or amended by an act of Congress, or set forth by an executive order or agency action, during the period in which the individual is serving as a Member.

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 9, 2022 to Jun 7, 2022; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-IAAshley HinsonOriginalFeb 9, 2022
R-GABarry LoudermilkOriginalFeb 9, 2022
R-TXBeth Van DuyneOriginalFeb 9, 2022
R-KYBrett GuthrieOriginalFeb 9, 2022
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalFeb 9, 2022
R-SDDusty JohnsonOriginalFeb 9, 2022
R-LAJulia LetlowOriginalFeb 9, 2022
R-CAKen CalvertOriginalFeb 9, 2022
R-TXLouie GohmertOriginalFeb 9, 2022
R-TXMichael C. BurgessOriginalFeb 9, 2022
R-ILMike BostOriginalFeb 9, 2022
R-OHMike CareyOriginalFeb 9, 2022
R-OKStephanie I. BiceOriginalFeb 9, 2022
R-ARSteve WomackOriginalFeb 9, 2022
R-PAGuy ReschenthalerMar 2, 2022
R-MOAnn WagnerApr 27, 2022
R-PAJohn JoyceApr 27, 2022
R-SCWilliam R. Timmons IVMay 13, 2022
R-SCRalph NormanMay 16, 2022
R-TXMichael CloudJun 7, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Feb 9, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 9, 2022Introduced in House
  2. Feb 9, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 26, February 9, 2022, page H1115.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1234Can’t Cancel Your Own Debt Act of 2023Reintroduced BillFeb 28, 2023

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To prohibit Members of Congress from receiving a financial benefit from certain student loan cancellation programs.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Can’t Cancel Your Own Debt Act of 2022

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 9, 2022Introduced in House

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.