HR 764 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Keep Our PACT Act

Introduced Feb 3, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Susie Lee D-NV

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Feb 3, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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. IntroducedFeb 3, 2021
  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

This bill provides funding through FY2031 for grant programs operated by local educational agencies to provide supplementary educational and related services to low-achieving students and other students who attend elementary and secondary schools with relatively high concentrations of students from low-income families. Additionally, the bill permanently reauthorizes the grant program to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities.

Cosponsors 63

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 3, 2021 to Feb 1, 2022; 41 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-MNAngie CraigOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-MDDavid J. TroneOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-NVDina TitusOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-MIHaley M. StevensOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-MNIlhan OmarOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-CTJames A. HimesOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-CAJimmy PanettaOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-CAKatie PorterOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-WAMarilyn StricklandOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-GUMichael F. Q. San NicolasOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-ILSean CastenOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-NVSteven HorsfordOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalFeb 3, 2021
D-VAAbigail Davis SpanbergerMar 8, 2021
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonJun 14, 2021
D-MNBetty McCollumJun 23, 2021
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOct 12, 2021
D-CAJimmy GomezOct 19, 2021
D-CATed LieuOct 19, 2021
D-CAJudy ChuOct 20, 2021
D-WIMark PocanOct 20, 2021
D-CATony CárdenasOct 26, 2021
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyNov 2, 2021
D-CAMike LevinNov 2, 2021
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaNov 9, 2021
D-CAKaren BassNov 9, 2021
D-GANikema WilliamsNov 9, 2021
D-TXJoaquin CastroNov 15, 2021
D-CAJerry McNerneyNov 16, 2021
D-COJoe NeguseNov 30, 2021
D-ILMarie NewmanNov 30, 2021
D-FLLois FrankelDec 1, 2021
D-NYMondaire JonesDec 1, 2021
D-TNSteve CohenDec 13, 2021
D-CAMaxine WatersFeb 1, 2022

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Feb 3, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 3, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Feb 3, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, clause 1 provides Congress with the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises'' in order to ``provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 20, February 3, 2021, page H325.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 72Keep Our PACT ActIdentical billJan 27, 2021

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To require full funding of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Short Title(s) 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.

  1. Feb 3, 2021Introduced in House

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