# 116-hr-5907: No Garnishing of Social Security for Student Debt Act

116-hr-5907, No Garnishing of Social Security for Student Debt Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5907
- Congress: 116
- Title: No Garnishing of Social Security for Student Debt Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
- Introduced: 2020-02-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

No Garnishing of Social Security for Student Debt Act This bill prohibits administrative offsets that use an individual's Social Security benefits to pay a federal student loan debt. (An administrative offset is the withholding of funds payable by or held by the United States to satisfy a debt.)

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2020-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2020-12-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8598: Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act
- 116-hr-8270: I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7816: Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7799: To designate a portion of United States Route 80 in Alabama as the "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway", and for other purposes.
- 116-hr-7517: Protect Access to Birth Control Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-5907 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5907)

## Related
- [116-hr-8598: Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8598)
- [116-hr-8270: I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8270)
- [116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8015)
- [116-hr-7816: Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7816)
- [116-hr-7799: To designate a portion of United States Route 80 in Alabama as the "John R. Lew…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7799)
- [116-hr-7517: Protect Access to Birth Control Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7517)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5907 (as of 2025-11-18).