House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2020
- Committee actionSep 24, 2020
- Passed HouseNov 20, 2020 · 246–140
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 30, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8294.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8294, National Apprenticeship Act of 2020” on November 4, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on September 24, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 4, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56728
- CBO publication date
- November 4, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8294, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8294
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-567 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on November 9, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 9, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/567
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8294, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8294
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
754c73e46018b13bcdc4bb5450cec511eba42d03a1b1f98702839b2e225ed7f4
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DAVIS of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 161, September 17, 2020, Page H4542):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8294, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8294
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
754c73e46018b13bcdc4bb5450cec511eba42d03a1b1f98702839b2e225ed7f4
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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
44 cosponsors — 44 Democrats
0 of 44 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Val Demings (D-FL), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Andy Levin (D-MI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Michael San Nicolas (D-GU), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Kim Schrier (D-WA) and 14 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.