Student Loan Marriage Penalty Elimination Act of 2025
Latest action · May 8, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 8, 2025 to Oct 1, 2026; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Andrew S. Clyde | Original | May 8, 2025 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | May 8, 2025 |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Original | May 8, 2025 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | May 8, 2025 |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Original | May 8, 2025 |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Original | May 8, 2025 |
| R-OH | Michael A. Rulli | Original | May 8, 2025 |
| R-GA | Richard McCormick | Original | May 8, 2025 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | May 8, 2025 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | May 9, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | May 13, 2025 | |
| R-WY | Harriet M. Hageman | May 20, 2025 | |
| R-MT | Troy Downing | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Sep 9, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Oct 1, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means 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 Ways and Means.
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 H1945.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4119 | Student Loan Marriage Penalty Elimination Act of 2026 | Related bill | Mar 17, 2026 |
| HR 6900 | American Affordability Act of 2025 | Related bill | Dec 18, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow married couples to apply the student loan interest deduction limitation separately to each spouse, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Student Loan Marriage Penalty Elimination Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
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.
