House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Reaching English Learners Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 8, 2021
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 8, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3779.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LANGEVIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 99, June 8, 2021, Page H2702):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution in that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or any Department or Office thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 8, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 374 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3779, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3779
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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
7 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Langevin.
- H.R. 4691 (117th) K–12 Cybersecurity Act of 2021
- H.Res. 923 (117th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Career and Technical Education Month.
- H.R. 1696 (117th) Air Carrier Access Amendments Act of 2021
- H.Res. 99 (117th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Career and Technical Education Month.
- H.R. 4938 (117th) REAADI for Disasters Act
- H.Res. 812 (117th) Supporting a diplomatic boycott of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games and XIII Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing, and encouraging the…
Related bills
- H.R. 10436 (119th) Reaching English Learners ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.