House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 5, 2023
- Committee actionDec 12, 2023
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 22, 2023 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 276.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6585.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6585, Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act” on January 11, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on December 22, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 11, 2024 ↗
Evidence
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59872
- CBO publication date
- January 11, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6585, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6585
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-337 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on December 22, 2023.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 22, 2023 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/337
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6585, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6585
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEFANIK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 200, December 5, 2023, Page H6144):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Federal student aid for postsecondary educationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 5, 2023 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6585, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6585
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
25 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 25 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Mike Flood (R-NE), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Erin Houchin (R-IN), John James (R-MI), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Lisa McClain (R-MI), Max Miller (R-OH), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Robert Scott (D-VA), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), David Trone (D-MD), Tim Walberg (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 390 (118th) Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Enhancement Act
- H.Res. 1371 (118th) Strongly condemning the Biden Administration and its Border Czar, Kamala Harris's, failure to secure the United States border.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.