H.R. 2028 · 119th Congress

REDI Act

Introduced on Mar 11, 2025 by Brian Babin (R-TX-36). 131 cosponsors, 82 of them from another party. Latest action (Mar 11, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 11, 2025
Cosponsors
131
82 from the other party
Policy area
Education
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for interest-free deferment on student loans for borrowers serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program.

Subjects

  • Dental care
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Health personnel
  • Interest, dividends, interest rates
  • Medical education
  • Student aid and college costs

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Mar 11, 2025). Public domain.

Resident Education Deferred Interest Act or the REDI Act

This bill allows borrowers in medical or dental internships or residency programs to defer student loan payments until the completion of their programs.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Brian BabinR-TX-36Sponsor

Democrats · 82

Independents · 1

Republicans · 48

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Mar 11, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Mar 11, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Mar 11, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION12 reports
    $4.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION$78.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  2. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY6 reports
    $1.7M reported (all issues)
  3. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS6 reports
    $500K reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS6 reports
    $2.7M reported (all issues)
  5. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY6 reports
    $3.4M reported (all issues)
  6. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS6 reports
    $2.8M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS$92K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES, INC6 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)
  8. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS6 reports
    $551.1K reported (all issues)
  9. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY6 reports
    $560K reported (all issues)
  10. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION$645K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  11. American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research6 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  12. American Medical Association6 reports
    $36.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION$371K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  13. COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS6 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS$18M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  14. SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY6 reports
    $530K reported (all issues)
  15. Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions6 reports
    $138K reported (all issues)
  16. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  17. American College of Surgeons5 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS$2.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  18. THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS5 reports
    $991.7K reported (all issues)
  19. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE4 reports
    $510K reported (all issues)
  20. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS4 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)
  21. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists3 reports
    $870K reported (all issues)
  22. National Alliance on Mental Illness3 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  23. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY1 report
    $460K reported (all issues)
  24. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.1 report
    $13.7M reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.