House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
American Workforce Empowerment Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 24, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 27, 2019 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8075)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4469.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HAGEDORN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 154, September 24, 2019, Page H7902):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 24, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4469, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4469
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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 January 3, 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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat, 1 independent
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Troy Balderson (R-OH), Tj Cox (D-CA), Ron Estes (R-KS), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), Jason Smith (R-MO), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Hagedorn.
- H.R. 5146 (116th) Unlocking Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2019
- H.R. 8327 (116th) Farm and Agricultural Worker Safety Education Act
- H.R. 5064 (116th) Animal Disease Surveillance and Detection Act of 2019
- H.R. 7030 (116th) To provide emergency assistance to covered producers for market-ready swine losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 7458 (116th) U.S. Pork Producer Assistance Act of 2020
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.