Keep Our PACT Act
Latest action · Mar 30, 2009 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.
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act or the Keep Our PACT Act - Makes appropriations for: (1) programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for FY2009-FY2014; and (2) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, including specified amounts for FY2009-FY2016 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 FY2017 and thereafter.
Requires such appropriated amounts to be expended consistent with pay-as-you-go requirements.
Cosponsors 80
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2009 to Apr 29, 2009; 79 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Feb 13, 2009 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Feb 13, 2009 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Feb 13, 2009 |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Feb 13, 2009 |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | Original | Feb 13, 2009 |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Original | Feb 13, 2009 |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Original | Feb 13, 2009 |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Original | Feb 13, 2009 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Feb 13, 2009 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Feb 13, 2009 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Original | Feb 13, 2009 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Feb 13, 2009 |
| D-OH | Charles A. Wilson | Original | Feb 13, 2009 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Feb 13, 2009 |
| D-PA | Christopher P. Carney | Original | Feb 13, 2009 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2009 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Mar 30, 2009 | |
| House | Appropriations Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2009 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Feb 13, 2009Introduced in House
- Feb 13, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E280)
- Feb 13, 2009Referred to House Education and Labor
- Feb 13, 2009Referred 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.
- Feb 13, 2009Referred to House Appropriations
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E280 | Chris Van Hollen D-MD | Feb 13, 2009 |
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 PACT Act
- Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
