HR8356-119

In Committee

Clean Slate through Consolidation Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 16, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Clean Slate through Consolidation Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Finance, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HED57B642C5044A4F85D744F27906FAF3: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Clean Slate through Consolidation Act.
  • Section H6844BB8EEB5941F7B36C918B8204C5ED: 2. Removal of record of default from credit history upon loan consolidation Section 455(g) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(g)) is amended...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Clean Slate through Consolidation Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Finance, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, Clean Slate through Consolidation Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Finance Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • schools, students, and education providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
schools, students, and education providers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
schools, students, and education providers:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 16, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Apr 16, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 16, 2026

Ms. Stevens (for herself, Ms. Adams, Ms. Ross, and Ms. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Finance Transportation
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

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