House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Early Pell Promise Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 23, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4415.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LAWRENCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 18, February 1, 2016, Page H432):Artle I, Section 9, Clause 7 No oney shall be drawn from the Treasury but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Accound of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 1, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 246 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4415, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4415
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
18a6ff91a1ffd314abe57585e2f82f820562a639930fd255572553e704f53b45
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4415, last updated March 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
11 cosponsors — 11 Democrats
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Corrine Brown (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brenda Lawrence.
- H.R. 5028 (114th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10721 E Jefferson Ave in Detroit, Michigan, as the "Mary E. McCoy…
- H.R. 3366 (114th) Teach Our Teachers Act
- H.R. 1900 (114th) National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2015
- H.R. 3834 (114th) GEAR UP for Counseling
- H.Res. 286 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that investing in the Nation's skilled workforce is investing in the Nation's…
- H.Res. 520 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal firearms laws should be rigorously enforced, that all appropriate…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.