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H.R. 2730: College for All Act of 2021

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H.R. 2730: College for All Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-04-21 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, 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.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-04-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, 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. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

College for All Act of 2021

Plain summary

College for All Act of 2021 This bill establishes measures to expand access to higher education, including by eliminating tuition and required fees for eligible students, revising the Federal Pell Grant program, and reauthorizing certain programs to assist students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Specifically, the bill provides funding to eliminate tuition and required fees for (1) all students at community colleges and two-year tribal colleges and universities; (2) working- and middle-class students at four-year public institutions of higher education (IHEs) and tribal colleges and universities; and (3) eligible students at private, nonprofit historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority-serving institutions. The bill permanently reauthorizes and otherwise revises the Federal Pell Grant program by providing funding to increase the maximum award for each eligible student, increasing the duration limit for the use of Pell Grants, and allowing students to use their awards to cover living and non-tuition expenses. Next, the bill makes Dreamer students (i.e., students who have been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status) who entered the United States before the age of 16 and who meet certain educational criteria eligible for federal financial aid. Further, the bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to underfunded IHEs, HBCUs, and minority-serving institutions for investing in support programs to improve student outcomes (e.g., graduation rates). The bill also reauthorizes through FY2031 the Federal TRIO Programs and reauthorizes through FY2025 the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

College for All Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] · 56 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Peter Welch (D-VT), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Mark Takano (D-CA), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Judy Chu (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Troy A. Carter (D-LA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Diana DeGette (D-CO)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] reported raising $2.9 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr2730 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117