House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Job Protection Act

H.R. 6938Introduced Mar 3, 2022Policy area: Labor and Employment

Where it went

IntroducedMar 3, 2022
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 3, 2022 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6938.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. UNDERWOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 39, March 3, 2022, Page H1303):
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2022 ↗
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6938, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

67 cosponsors — 67 Democrats

0 of 67 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Anthony Brown (D-MD), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jason Crow (D-CO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Sara Jacobs (D-CA) and 37 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lauren Underwood.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-14 district

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