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H.R. 5384: Debt-Free College Act

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H.R. 5384: Debt-Free College Act

115th Congress · introduced 2018-03-22 · Education · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-03-22 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Debt-Free College Act

Plain summary

Debt-Free College Act This bill requires the Department of Education to: (1) award grants for state-federal partnerships that provide debt-free college for students at certain institutions of higher education, and (2) allow federal financial aid for higher education to be given to dreamer students (students who entered the country when they were under the age of 16 and who meet certain educational criteria) or students convicted for the possession or sale of illegal drugs.

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Official text

Debt-Free College Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] · 27 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Mark Takano (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Peter Welch (D-VT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] reported raising $1.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr5384 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115