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H.R. 1102 111th Congress House

Keep Our PACT Act

Official title: To require full funding of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

Introduced: February 13, 2009 Introduced by: Chris Van Hollen Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov
Education AppropriationsDepartment of EducationEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationSpecial education
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 30, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Feb 13, 2009
Referred to House Appropriations
Feb 13, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.
Feb 13, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Feb 13, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E280)
Feb 13, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 30, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act or the Keep Our PACT Act - Makes appropriations for: (1) programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for FY2009-FY2014; and (2) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, including specified amounts for FY2009-FY2016 and an amount determined pursuant to a specified formula (based on the number of children who received special education, the average per-pupil expenditure, and the rate of change in a state's population) for FY2017 and thereafter.

Requires such appropriated amounts to be expended consistent with pay-as-you-go requirements.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 22
All 22 Democratic 16
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 13, 2009
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Feb 13, 2009
Carney, Christopher
· Feb 13, 2009
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 13, 2009
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Feb 13, 2009
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Feb 13, 2009
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 13, 2009
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Feb 13, 2009
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 13, 2009
Delahunt, Bill
· Feb 13, 2009
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Feb 13, 2009
Klein, Ron
· Feb 13, 2009
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Feb 13, 2009
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Feb 13, 2009
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 13, 2009
McMahon, Michael
· Feb 13, 2009
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 13, 2009
 D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Feb 13, 2009
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 13, 2009
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 13, 2009
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Feb 13, 2009
Wilson, Charles
· Feb 13, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1102: Keep Our PACT Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1102/
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"H.R. 1102: Keep Our PACT Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1102/.
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H.R. 1102, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1102/.
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