# 119-s-343: Keep Our PACT Act

119-s-343, Keep Our PACT Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-343
- Congress: 119
- Title: Keep Our PACT Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-30
- Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD)
- Cosponsors: 24
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-16

## Summary

**Guarantee and increase federal funding for Title I and IDEA through FY2035.** This bill would lock in year-by-year, formula-driven mandatory funding to support low-income students and to expand federal dollars for children with disabilities, and it designates those amounts as an emergency for budget rules. - Low-income students and families: Grants for supplementary educational and related services would be funded through FY2035 for low-achieving students and students in high-poverty elementary and secondary schools. - Children with disabilities and special education: The bill would permanently reauthorize IDEA grants and set a rising funding schedule that aims for a 40 percent federal share by FY2035, with IDEA funding reaching about $69.6 billion (40%) in 2035. - States and local education agencies: Part A of Title I would move to mandatory, formula-based funding with a 2026 baseline of about $20.5 billion, and the bill designates the spending as an emergency requirement under PAYGO and related budget enforcement rules.

## Cosponsors (24)

- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT), 2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-07-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Guaranteed Title I funding through 2035: benefit, high. If enacted, this bill would make Part A of Title I mandatory from fiscal year 2026 through 2035. For FY2026–FY2034 the Treasury payment would equal the difference between the FY2025 Part A appropriation and a listed baseline (for example, $20.51 billion in FY2026). For FY2035 the bill would provide…
- More federal funding for special education: benefit, high. If enacted, this bill would set mandatory yearly authorizations and appropriations for IDEA Part B from FY2026 through FY2035 and beyond. Each year the amount would be the larger of a fixed dollar floor or a percentage of (the number of children with disabilities × the U.S. average per-pupil spendi…
- Emergency budget rule for education: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would treat the Act's education funding amounts as emergency requirements for PAYGO and related House budget enforcement for FY2026–FY2035. That would make those amounts be scored and enforced as emergency spending. This can let the new mandatory funding avoid some normal budge…

## Related bills

- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act
- 119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-343 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/343)

## Related
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-852)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-343 (as of 2026-09-16).