House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Emergency Grant Aid for College Students Act
Sponsor: Rep. Joseph Morelle D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 28, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 28, 2022 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. 8247.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MORELLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 109, June 28, 2022, Page H5924):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 28, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8247, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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 December 5, 2025). 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Democrats
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Morelle.
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- H.Res. 1124 (117th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 350) to authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland…
- H.Res. 1224 (117th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7900) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the…
- H.Res. 1289 (117th) Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4346) making…
- H.Res. 179 (117th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) to expand Americans' access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in…
Related bills
- H.R. 10451 (119th) Emergency Grant Aid for College Students ActCross-Congress related bill
- S. 5411 (119th) Emergency Grant Aid for College Students ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.