H.R. 8815

Summary

H.R. 8815, the Teacher Debt Relief Act, was introduced in the House on May 14, 2026 by Rep. Jahana Hayes (D). It was referred to Education and Workforce, and last saw action on May 14, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Record

Text

H.R. 8815 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 8815 IH: Teacher Debt Relief Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-05-14
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 8815  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   May 14, 2026   Mrs. Hayes  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Education and Workforce    A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change certain eligibility provisions for loan forgiveness for teachers, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Teacher Debt Relief Act  .
2.
Loan forgiveness for teachers
The Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq. ) is amended—
(1)
in section 428J(g)(2) ( 20 U.S.C. 1078–10(g)(2) )—
(A)
in subparagraph (A), by inserting  or  after the semicolon at the end;
(B)
by striking subparagraph (B); and
(C)
by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B);
(2)
in section 455(m) ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m) ), in paragraph (4), by striking  both this subsection and section 428J, 428K, 428L, or 460  and inserting  both this subsection and section 428K or 428L ; and
(3)
in section 460(g)(2) ( 20 U.S.C. 1087j(g)(2) )—
(A)
in subparagraph (A), by inserting  or  after the semicolon at the end;
(B)
by striking subparagraph (B); and
(C)
by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).

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To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change certain eligibility provisions for loan forgiveness for teachers, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Jahana Hayes (D) sponsors H.R. 8815 alone.

Jahana Hayes

Rep. · D–CT-5 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 8815 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce

Education and Workforce

Referred To · May 14, 2026 · 824 Bills

Actions

H.R. 8815 has taken 2 actions since May 14, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 8815 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 8815 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Teacher Debt Relief Act — Display Title
• To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change certain eligibility provisions for loan forgiveness for teachers, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced
• Teacher Debt Relief Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 8 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 8815 in 1 quarterly filing, 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Defense, Education, Government Issues, Health Issues, Immigration, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 8815 under Education, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 8815’s is Education.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 8815, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 82 (Thursday, May 14, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. HAYES:H.R. 8815.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Generally, U.S. Const. art. I, Sec.  8Specifically, U.S. Const. art. I, Sec.  8, cl. 1: Congresshas power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts andExcises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defenceand general Welfare of the United States'' [. . .][Page H3532]

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