House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Reward Work Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 13, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 13, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6096.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ELLISON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 98, June 13, 2018, Page H5153):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States, which states: The Congress shall have the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 13, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 356 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6096, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6096
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Keith Ellison.
- H.R. 435 (115th) The Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2017
- H.R. 5609 (115th) Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2018
- H.R. 1143 (115th) Hygiene Assistance for Families of Infants and Toddlers Act of 2017
- H.R. 1144 (115th) Inclusive Prosperity Act of 2017
- H.R. 1146 (115th) Equal Opportunity for Residential Representation Act
- H.R. 915 (115th) Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure 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.