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HR1666Referred to Committee

Pell Grant Sustainability Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-27
Introduced
41
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Sean Casten
Sean Casten
Democrat · IL · Representative
Votes with party: 98.2% (603 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/C001117

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (41)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Ami Bera (D-CA-6)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Derek Tran (D-CA-45)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Dina Titus (D-NV-1)Original· 2025-02-27
  • George Whitesides (D-CA-27)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Kim Schrier (D-WA-8)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Seth Moulton (D-MA-6)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Susie Lee (D-NV-3)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1)Original· 2025-02-27
  • William R. Keating (D-MA-9)Original· 2025-02-27
  • Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1)· 2025-03-03
  • Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1)· 2025-03-03
  • Dwight Evans (D-PA-3)· 2025-03-21
  • Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA-31)· 2025-03-25
  • Julie Johnson (D-TX-32)· 2025-03-25
  • Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51)· 2025-03-25
  • Emily Randall (D-WA-6)· 2025-03-27
  • George Latimer (D-NY-16)· 2025-04-08
  • John B. Larson (D-CT-1)· 2025-07-15
  • Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2)· 2025-09-30
  • Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12)· 2025-10-17
  • James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11)· 2025-11-10
  • Angie Craig (D-MN-2)· 2026-02-10
  • Mike Quigley (D-IL-5)· 2026-04-16

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

2025-02-27

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Education and WorkforceReferred To · 2025-02-27

Previously

  • Education and Workforce CommitteeReferred To · 2025-02-27

Plain-English Summary

Pell Grant Sustainability Act This bill indexes the maximum award amount for Pell Grants to the rate of inflation. The bill also permanently reauthorizes the discretionary statutory authority for the Pell Grant program.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Education
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