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FUTURE Act

Public Law 116-91 · H.R. 5363 · 116th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Donald Trump (R) on Dec 19, 2019 · Taxation

Sponsor: Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC-12)

Cosponsors (3): Rep. Lloyd Doggett,

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 319 yea, 96 nay319–96
  • SenateVoice vote
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The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education Act or the FUTURE Act

This bill permanently authorizes funding for minority-serving institutions of higher education and increases the authorization of appropriations for Pell Grants.

This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), upon the written request of the Department of Education (ED), to disclose to any authorized person, tax return information to determine eligibility for recertifications for income-contingent or income-based repayments of student loans, discharges of loans based on total and permanent disability, and the amount of student financial aid under the Higher Education Act of 1965. The IRS must also establish and implement procedures for recertifying income for purposes of this bill and for requesting tax return information.

The bill requires ED and the IRS to issue joint reports to Congress on this bill, including an update on the status of implementation of this bill and an evaluation of how such implementation affected the processing of applications for financial aid and discharge of student loans.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 116th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 319 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

319 yea96 nay15 present or did not vote

ProEstablishmentAnti
Economic left–right
More liberalMore conservative

Democrats who voted yea(225)

Republicans who voted yea(94)

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 658 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

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Related bills

2 bills the Library of Congress relates to this one.

  • H.R. 2486Related bill

    Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education Act

  • H.R. 5368Related bill

    Faster Access to Federal Student Aid Act of 2019

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Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 14 actions.

  1. Dec 19, 2019Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 116-91.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Dec 17, 2019FloorFloor · Presented to President.
  4. Dec 11, 2019FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Dec 10, 2019FloorFloor · Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
  6. FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  7. FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 319 - 96 (Roll no. 659).House roll call 659
  8. FloorFloor · Considered as unfinished business.
  9. FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  10. FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5363.
  11. FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
  12. FloorFloor · Ms. Adams moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  13. Dec 9, 2019CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
  14. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
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Every action the Library of Congress lists for the bill, from introduction to signing, plus the dated committee hearings. The source lists many steps twice (the chamber’s own entry and the Library of Congress copy, or a presidential and a became-law entry with the same words); those are shown once. Amendments are listed in their own section.

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Amendments

No amendments to this bill are on record.

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Amendments offered to this bill in either chamber, as the Library of Congress records them: each with a status read from its last recorded step: agreed to, rejected, withdrawn, ruled out of order, fell with another amendment, or offered with no vote recorded (most Senate amendments are only ever offered). The wording of each amendment is the source’s. Amendments to amendments and amendments to other bills are not listed.

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Official record

The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.