House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 8, 2017
- Committee actionJun 15, 2017
- Passed HouseJun 23, 2017 · 377–34
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2842.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2842, Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act” on July 14, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 15, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 14, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52829
- CBO publication date
- July 14, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2842, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2842
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-185 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on June 20, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 20, 2017 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/185
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2842, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2842
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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. CURBELO of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 98, June 8, 2017, Page H4819):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 8, 2017 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 145 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2842, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2842
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carlos Curbelo.
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- H.R. 5192 (115th) Protecting Children from Identity Theft Act
- H.R. 5774 (115th) COACH Act of 2018
- H.Res. 695 (115th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 1810 (115th) Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2017
- H.R. 468 (115th) Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2017
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.