HR 1742 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Pell Grant Sustainability Act

Introduced Mar 23, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Sean Casten D-IL

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Mar 23, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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. IntroducedMar 23, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Pell Grant Sustainability Act

This bill restores the automatic annual inflation adjustment for Pell Grants. (This inflation adjustment expired after the 2017-2018 award year.)

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 23, 2023 to Jun 7, 2024; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-TXColin Z. AllredOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-MDDavid J. TroneOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-HIJill N. TokudaOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-WAKim SchrierOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-CASara JacobsOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-MASeth MoultonOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-NVSusie LeeOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-TXSylvia R. GarciaOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalMar 23, 2023
D-NHAnn M. KusterMar 27, 2023
D-NJAndy KimMar 29, 2023
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickApr 17, 2023
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.Apr 18, 2023
D-MAStephen F. LynchApr 24, 2023
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaApr 25, 2023
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingMay 11, 2023
D-COYadira CaraveoMay 16, 2023
D-INAndré CarsonJun 5, 2023
D-PAMatt CartwrightJun 5, 2023
D-NCKathy E. ManningJun 7, 2023
D-CTJoe CourtneyJul 13, 2023
D-KYMorgan McGarveyJul 24, 2023
D-CTJohn B. LarsonAug 1, 2023
D-MEJared F. GoldenSep 21, 2023
D-CTJahana HayesDec 15, 2023
D-NCWiley NickelJun 7, 2024

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 Mar 23, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 23, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Mar 23, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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 1 Section 8 Clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: College affordability

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 53, March 23, 2023, page H1410.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To index the maximum value of Federal Pell Grants to inflation.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Pell Grant Sustainability Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 23, 2023Introduced in House

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