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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations".

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to ``Reimagining and Improving Student Education- Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations''.

Introduced May 21, 2026

Latest action (May 21, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Referred to
Education and Workforce Committee
Policy area
Education
Issues
Education

Summary
  • Provides for congressional disapproval of the Department of Education's federal student loan program regulations published May 1, 2026
  • If passed, invalidates the Department of Education rule and prevents it from taking legal effect

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
64 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Suzanne Bonamici’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $9,600
  • DIGITAL VISION $5,600
  • VERNIER SCIENCE EDUCATION $5,500
  • SPRINGBOARD GROUP $3,900
  • ESCAPE LODGING $3,500

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Suzanne Bonamici → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. May 21, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
  2. May 21, 2026 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • SJRES 196 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations". · Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Cong. 119 88%
  • HJRES 155 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program". · Introduced Apr 9, 2026 · Cong. 119 79%
  • SJRES 182 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program". · Introduced May 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 79%
  • HJRES 41 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Postsecondary Student Success Grant". · Introduced Feb 12, 2025 · Cong. 119 77%
  • HRES 883 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2003) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to lower the interest rate on Federal student loans to 2 percent. · Introduced Nov 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%
  • S 4169 — Student Loan Interest Elimination Act · Introduced Mar 24, 2026 · Cong. 119 70%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · May 21, 2026

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 21, 2026

Ms. Bonamici (for herself, Mr. Mannion, Ms. Underwood, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Takano, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mrs. Grijalva, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Simon, Ms. Titus, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Norton, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Carson, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Dexter, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Friedman, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Bynum, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Craig, Ms. McClellan, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Balint, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Peters, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Levin, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Ross, and Ms. McCollum) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

JOINT RESOLUTION

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to “Reimagining and Improving Student Education- Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations”.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to “Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations” (91 Fed. Reg. 23768 (May 1, 2026)), and such rule shall have no force or effect. <all>

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