Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 2730 (117th)

College for All Act of 2021

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

21 April 2021

Last action

21 April 2021 · Introduced

Status

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.

Sponsors

Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4], Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9], Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13], Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5], Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2], Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14], Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12], Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39], Rep. Jones, Mondaire [D-NY-17], Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16], Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5], Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1], Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2], Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52], Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34], Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8], Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4], Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6], Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7], Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25], Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ], Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43], Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10], Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47], Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1], Kaiali'i Kahele, Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36], Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9], Marie Newman, Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]

Subjects

Education

Source updated

5 December 2025

Education

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

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.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 21 April 2021

    Introduced

    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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 21 April 2021

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 21 April 2021

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 21 April 2021

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in House (PDF)

    Introduced in House · EN · 21 April 2021

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 21 April 2021

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Showing 48 of 60 sponsors and actors.

Related records

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.