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H.R. 4639 116th Congress House

Pell Grant Sustainability Act

Official title: To index the maximum value of Federal Pell Grants to inflation.

Introduced: October 11, 2019 Introduced by: Sean Casten Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Education Government lending and loan guaranteesHigher educationInflation and pricesStudent aid and college costs
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Oct 11, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Oct 11, 2019
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 Latest action October 11, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pell Grant Sustainability Act

This bill requires the Department of Education to calculate the award amount for Pell Grants for award year 2020–2021 and each subsequent award year by indexing the award amount to the rate of inflation.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 11
D
Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Dec 3, 2019
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Nov 18, 2019
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Nov 12, 2019
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Nov 12, 2019
Kildee, Daniel
· Nov 8, 2019
McNerney, Jerry
· Oct 30, 2019
Trone, David
· Oct 23, 2019
 D
Underwood, Lauren
Illinois · Oct 23, 2019
Cartwright, Matt
· Oct 22, 2019
 D
Bera, Ami
California · Oct 21, 2019
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Oct 21, 2019
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Oct 21, 2019
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Oct 17, 2019
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Oct 15, 2019
 D
Lee, Susie
Nevada · Oct 11, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4639: Pell Grant Sustainability Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4639/
MLA
"H.R. 4639: Pell Grant Sustainability Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4639/.
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H.R. 4639, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4639/.
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