HR 8807 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2024

Latest action · Jun 21, 2024 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

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. IntroducedJun 21, 2024
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 48

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 21, 2024 to Dec 18, 2024; 29 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-MOCori BushOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-NYDaniel S. GoldmanOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-WAMarilyn StricklandOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-GANikema WilliamsOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-RISeth MagazinerOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalJun 21, 2024
D-MEChellie PingreeJun 25, 2024
D-NJDonald NorcrossJun 25, 2024
D-RIGabe AmoJun 25, 2024
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterJun 25, 2024
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánJun 25, 2024
D-CTJahana HayesJun 27, 2024
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyJun 27, 2024
D-ILMike QuigleyJun 27, 2024
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneJun 27, 2024
D-INFrank J. MrvanJul 9, 2024
D-NYTimothy M. KennedyJul 9, 2024
D-CAJimmy PanettaJul 18, 2024
D-HIJill N. TokudaJul 23, 2024
D-LATroy A. CarterAug 20, 2024
D-AZRuben GallegoAug 30, 2024
D-MIDebbie DingellOct 4, 2024
D-PASummer L. LeeDec 10, 2024
D-MIRashida TlaibDec 11, 2024
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingDec 18, 2024

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 Jun 21, 2024
HouseBudget Committee
Referred Jun 21, 2024

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 21, 2024Introduced in House
  2. Jun 21, 2024Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

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 The single subject of this legislation is: student financial aid in higher education

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 105, June 21, 2024, page H4120.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R48442Pell Grant Program: Major Congressional ProposalsReportFeb 28, 2025

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To improve the structure of the Federal Pell Grant program, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2024

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 21, 2024Introduced in House

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