PSLF Payment Completion Fairness Act
Latest action · May 8, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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.
- IntroducedMay 8, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 8, 2025 to Feb 4, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | May 8, 2025 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Sep 8, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Sarah Elfreth | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Dec 4, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Dec 10, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Feb 4, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 8, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 8, 2025Introduced in House
- May 8, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 77, May 8, 2025, page H1944.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3487 | PSLF Payment Completion Fairness Act | Identical bill | Dec 16, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ensure that borrowers who have performed qualifying public service are eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- PSLF Payment Completion Fairness Act
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness Payment Completion Fairness Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 8, 2025Introduced in House
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.
