House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
College Affordability and Accessibility Act
Official title: To increase the total maximum Federal Pell Grant and extend flexibility for eligibility.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 30, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8618.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MENEFEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 76, April 30, 2026, Page H3332):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8618, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 21, 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 October 20, 2026). 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christian Menefee.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 21, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.