House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act
Sponsor: Rep. Glenn Thompson R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 28, 2016
- Committee actionJul 7, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 13, 2016 · 405–5
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 14, 2016 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5587.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5587, Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act” on September 8, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on July 7, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 8, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51977
- CBO publication date
- September 8, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5587, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5587
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-728 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on September 8, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2016 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/728
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5587, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5587
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 104, June 28, 2016, Page H4186):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 28, 2016 ↗
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- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5587, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5587
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
29 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 13 Democrats
13 of 29 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Brad Ashford (D-NE), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), John Kline (R-MN), James Langevin (D-RI), James McGovern (D-MA), Luke Messer (R-IN), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Scott Peters (D-CA), Martha Roby (R-AL), David Roe (R-TN), David Scott (D-GA), Robert Scott (D-VA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.