S4859Referred to Committee

A bill to improve the structure of the Federal Pell Grant program, and for other purposes.

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-06-23
Introduced
25
Cosponsors
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Mazie K. Hirono
Mazie K. Hirono
Democrat · HI · Senator
Votes with party: 85.1% (841 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (25)

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

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

2026-06-23

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Plain-English Summary

The proposal would make changes to how the federal Pell Grant program works, which provides financial aid to low- and middle-income college students to help them pay for tuition and other education costs. The specific improvements would be determined as the bill moves through Congress, but the goal is to make the grant program work better for students and schools. College students and their families would be the primary people affected by any changes made to this aid program.

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