119th Congress
S. 343
Keep Our PACT Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Chris Van Hollen(D-MD)
- Introduced
- Jan 30, 2025
- Policy area
- Education
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (24)
Original cosponsors (16)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)
- Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)
- Michael F. Bennet (D-CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
Added later (8)
- Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD) · Apr 2, 2025
- Ron Wyden (D-OR) · Jul 31, 2025
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) · Oct 7, 2025
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) · Oct 22, 2025
- Andy Kim (D-NJ) · Nov 18, 2025
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) · Nov 18, 2025
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE) · Dec 16, 2025
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) · Sep 14, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” 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 30, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. - Jan 30, 2025
Introduced in Senate