H.R. 496 · 118th Congress

PELL Act

Introduced on Jan 25, 2023 by Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21). 33 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Jan 25, 2023): Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jan 25, 2023
Cosponsors
33
0 from the other party
Policy area
Education
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility to certain short-term workforce programs.

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Elise M. StefanikR-NY-21Sponsor

Republicans · 33

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jan 25, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jan 25, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jan 25, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Chegg, Inc.10 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)
  2. ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES5 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)
  3. Association of American Universities5 reports
    $319.2K reported (all issues)
  4. COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY (CCAC)5 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  5. Career Education Colleges & Universities (FKA Ass'n of Private Sector Colleges a5 reports
    $530K reported (all issues)
  6. INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC5 reports
    $190K reported (all issues)
  7. LINKEDIN CORPORATION5 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LINKEDIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100%
  8. NATIONAL ASSN OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES5 reports
    $510K reported (all issues)
  9. University of North Florida5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  10. University of Phoenix, Inc.5 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)
  11. Stride, Inc.4 reports
    $320K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: STRIDE, INC.AI match · 99%
  12. Society for Human Resource Management3 reports
    $975K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENTAI match · 100%
  13. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.