House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Emergency Grant Aid for College Students Act
Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish an emergency grant aid program, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 16, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10451.
- 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. 172, No. 146, September 16, 2026, Page H5984):Pursuant to clause 18 of section 8 of article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 67 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10451, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10451
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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.
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- S. 5411 (119th) Emergency Grant Aid for College Students ActIdentical bill
- H.R. 2967 (118th) Emergency Grant Aid for College Students ActCross-Congress related bill
- S. 1344 (118th) Emergency Grant Aid for College Students ActCross-Congress related bill
- H.R. 8247 (117th) Emergency Grant Aid for College Students ActCross-Congress related bill
- S. 3794 (117th) Emergency Grant Aid for College Students ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.