House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2021
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Pocan D-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 16, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 16, 2021 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3946.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POCAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 105, June 16, 2021, Page H2893):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 16, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3946, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3946
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
95 cosponsors — 95 Democrats
0 of 95 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Val Demings (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA) and 65 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Pocan.
- H.R. 3285 (117th) 21st Century President Act
- H.R. 1433 (117th) Helen Keller National Center Reauthorization Act of 2022
- H.Res. 939 (117th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of February 21 through February 25, 2022, as "Public Schools Week".
- H.R. 5300 (117th) To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a tiger team to perform outreach regarding the process by which a member of the Armed…
- H.Res. 144 (117th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of February 22 through February 26, 2021, as "Public Schools Week".
- H.R. 5342 (117th) Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2021
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.