House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 21, 2024
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 21, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. 8807.
- 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. 170, No. 105, June 21, 2024, Page H4120):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: student financial aid in higher educationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 105 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8807, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8807
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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
48 cosponsors — 48 Democrats
0 of 48 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Cori Bush (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), William Keating (D-MA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Frank Mrvan (D-IN), Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and 18 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Pocan.
- H.R. 5685 (118th) Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2023
- H.Res. 173 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of February 27 through March 3, 2023, as "Public Schools Week".
- H.Res. 1032 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of February 26 through March 1, 2024, as "Public Schools Week".
- H.R. 6470 (118th) Restore Honor to Service Members Act of 2023
- H.R. 4844 (118th) Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act
- H.R. 3111 (118th) Words Matter Act of 2023
Related bills
- H.R. 9414 (119th) Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
- S. 4859 (119th) Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.