HR 627 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Keep Our PACT Act

Introduced Jan 22, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Chris Van Hollen D-MD

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · May 18, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 22, 2007
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act or the Keep Our PACT Act - Makes appropriations of: (1) the greater of specified amounts or the authorized amounts for programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for FY2007-FY2014; and (2) specified amounts for FY2007-FY2015 and an amount determined pursuant to a specified formula (based on the number of children who received special education, the average per-pupil expenditure, and the rate of change in a state's population) for FY2016 and thereafter for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

Requires such appropriated amounts to be expended consistent with pay-as-you-go requirements.

Cosponsors 90

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2007 to Jul 10, 2008; 56 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-MABarney FrankOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-KYBen ChandlerOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-OHBetty SuttonOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-NCBob EtheridgeOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-CABob FilnerOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-IADavid LoebsackOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-TXHenry CuellarOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-ILJerry F. CostelloOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-CAJoe BacaOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-PAJoe SestakOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-MAMartin T. MeehanOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-ILPhil HareOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-VARick BoucherOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-WARick LarsenOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-FLRobert WexlerOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-FLRon KleinOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-MORuss CarnahanOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalJan 22, 2007
D-TXSilvestre ReyesOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-TXSolomon P. OrtizOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-NYTimothy H. BishopOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-CATom LantosOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalJan 22, 2007
D-CAAnna G. EshooJan 23, 2007
D-ARMike RossJan 23, 2007
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.Jan 29, 2007
D-HINeil AbercrombieJan 29, 2007
D-GADavid ScottFeb 15, 2007
D-CTChristopher MurphyMar 5, 2007
D-METhomas H. AllenMar 9, 2007
D-OHZachary T. SpaceApr 19, 2007
D-ORDavid WuSep 14, 2007
R-NJMike FergusonSep 25, 2007
D-CTJoe CourtneySep 27, 2007
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.Oct 10, 2007
D-PAChaka FattahOct 12, 2007
D-NJRush HoltNov 1, 2007
D-NYMichael R. McNultyNov 5, 2007
D-WAJim McDermottNov 6, 2007
R-AKDon YoungNov 7, 2007
D-CAHilda L. SolisNov 7, 2007
R-PATodd Russell PlattsNov 8, 2007
R-PATim MurphyNov 9, 2007
D-CAMichael M. HondaNov 13, 2007
R-PAPhil EnglishNov 14, 2007
D-NJAlbio SiresNov 15, 2007
D-MABill DelahuntNov 15, 2007
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.Nov 15, 2007
D-MIDale E. KildeeNov 15, 2007
D-PAJason AltmireNov 15, 2007
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthNov 15, 2007
D-FLKathy CastorNov 15, 2007
D-CAJane HarmanDec 4, 2007
D-CALois CappsDec 4, 2007
D-NJSteven R. RothmanDec 4, 2007
D-INAndré CarsonMay 22, 2008
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyJul 10, 2008

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jan 22, 2007
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee
Referred May 18, 2007
HouseAppropriations Committee
Referred Jan 22, 2007

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 18, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
  2. Jan 22, 2007Introduced in House
  3. Jan 22, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E165)
  4. Jan 22, 2007Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E165Chris Van Hollen D-MDJan 22, 2007

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require full funding of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Short Titles as Introduced
Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act
Keep Our PACT Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 22, 2007Introduced in House

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