Bill · S
S. 343 (119th)
Keep Our PACT Act
Original
Introduced
30 January 2025
Last action
30 January 2025 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM], Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN], Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO], Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela [D-MD], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3], Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large], Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Subjects
Education, Budget
Source updated
14 January 2026
Summary
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.
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Timeline
30 January 2025
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: IntroReferral
30 January 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
2 official files
Introduced in Senate
Introduced in Senate · EN · 30 January 2025
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 30 January 2025
Sponsors
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · I · Sponsor
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to ← Keep Our PACT Act
- related to ← IDEA Full Funding Act
- related to ← IDEA Full Funding Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/343
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/343
- us · 119-s-343 · source updated 14 January 2026