119th Congress
H.R. 869
Keep Our PACT Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Susie Lee(D-NV)
- Introduced
- Jan 31, 2025
- Policy area
- Education
- Committees
- House Committee on Education and Workforce; House Committee on the Budget
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (27)
Added later (27)
- Angie Craig (D-MN) · Oct 17, 2025
- Danny K. Davis (D-IL) · Oct 17, 2025
- Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA) · Oct 17, 2025
- George Whitesides (D-CA) · Oct 17, 2025
- Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI) · Oct 17, 2025
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) · Oct 17, 2025
- Sarah Elfreth (D-MD) · Oct 17, 2025
- Sarah McBride (D-DE) · Oct 17, 2025
- Andrea Salinas (D-OR) · Oct 24, 2025
- Becca Balint (D-VT) · Oct 24, 2025
- Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY) · Oct 24, 2025
- John Garamendi (D-CA) · Oct 24, 2025
- Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) · Oct 24, 2025
- Morgan McGarvey (D-KY) · Oct 24, 2025
- Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) · Oct 24, 2025
- Mike Thompson (D-CA) · Oct 31, 2025
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ) · Oct 31, 2025
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) · Nov 4, 2025
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) · Nov 4, 2025
- Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) · Nov 4, 2025
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) · Nov 4, 2025
- Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL) · Nov 20, 2025
- Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) · Dec 16, 2025
- Julie Johnson (D-TX) · Jun 9, 2026
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) · Oct 1, 2026
- Troy A. Carter (D-LA) · Oct 1, 2026
- Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) · Oct 1, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act or the Keep Our PACT Act
This bill provides funding through FY2035 for grant programs operated by local educational agencies to provide supplementary educational and related services to low-achieving students and other students who attend elementary and secondary schools with relatively high concentrations of students from low-income families. Additionally, the bill permanently reauthorizes the grant program to assist states and outlying areas in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities.
The amounts provided by the bill are designated as an emergency requirement for the purposes of Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules and other budget enforcement procedures.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Jan 31, 2025 · House
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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. - Jan 31, 2025
Introduced in House