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HR 6537 117th Congress House Education

Pell Grant Sustainability Act

Introduced: October 4, 2022 Introduced by: Casten, Sean Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Feb 1, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pell Grant Sustainability Act

This bill requires the Department of Education to calculate the maximum award amount for Pell Grants for award year 2022-2023 and each subsequent award year by indexing the award amount to the rate of inflation.

What's happening now February 1, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 21
All 21 Democratic 14
D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Oct 4, 2022
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Aug 26, 2022
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Aug 23, 2022
Allred, Colin
· Aug 19, 2022
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Aug 19, 2022
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Jul 26, 2022
 D
Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila
Florida · Mar 16, 2022
 D
Jacobs, Sara
California · Mar 15, 2022
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Feb 25, 2022
Kildee, Daniel
· Feb 15, 2022
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Feb 11, 2022
Cicilline, David
· Feb 8, 2022
Cartwright, Matt
· Feb 1, 2022
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Feb 1, 2022
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Feb 1, 2022
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Feb 1, 2022
 D
Lee, Susie
Nevada · Feb 1, 2022
McNerney, Jerry
· Feb 1, 2022
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Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Feb 1, 2022
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 1, 2022
Trone, David
· Feb 1, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6537: Pell Grant Sustainability Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6537/
MLA
"H.R. 6537: Pell Grant Sustainability Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6537/.
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H.R. 6537, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6537/.
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