HR 1666 · in committee · major
Pell Grant Sustainability Act
- education
What this bill does
- The bill ties the maximum Pell Grant award amount to inflation, so it increases automatically each year.
- Low-income students pursuing higher education are affected by this change to federal grant funding.
- The bill permanently reauthorizes the Pell Grant program, removing the need for future congressional reauthorization.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would automatically indexing Pell Grants to inflation affect the federal budget's long-term education spending compared to current reauthorization cycles?
- 02
What evidence suggests that inflation-adjusted grant amounts would better address low-income students' actual college costs than the current system?
- 03
Which groups might benefit or lose from eliminating periodic congressional reauthorization of the Pell Grant program?
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Sponsor · D-IL-6
Sean Casten
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
39/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-27
Joining the bill

Jonathan L. Jackson
D-IL-1 · original

Jahana Hayes
D-CT-5 · original

Suzanne Bonamici
D-OR-1 · original

Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
D-GA-4 · original

Joyce Beatty
D-OH-3 · original

Alma S. Adams
D-NC-12 · original

Ami Bera
D-CA-6 · original

Mark DeSaulnier
D-CA-10 · original

Nanette Diaz Barragán
D-CA-44 · original

Raúl M. Grijalva
D-AZ-7 · original

Jesús G. "Chuy" García
D-IL-4 · original

William R. Keating
D-MA-9 · original
+ 27 more
Legislative timeline
2025-02-27 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
2025-02-27 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-27 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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