Pell to Grad Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 961.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEVENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 27, February 9, 2023, Page H829):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: Expansion of Federal Pell Grants.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  139 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 961, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/961

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ff6d7bb1a538306bd53a3c2b0496e7d08bb91676f1eadf8e6214159ac9e45dde

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 961, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.