House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022

H.R. 7309Introduced Mar 31, 2022Policy area: Labor and Employment

Where it went

IntroducedMar 31, 2022
Committee actionApr 5, 2022
Passed HouseMay 17, 2022 · 220–196
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: May 18, 2022 — 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. 7309.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7309, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022” on May 16, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on April 5, 2022”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 16, 2022 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58114
CBO publication date
May 16, 2022
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 7309, 117th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7309
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-321 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on May 12, 2022.
Source: Congress.gov, reported May 12, 2022 ↗
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H.R. 7309, 117th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7309
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 57, March 31, 2022, Page H4073):
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 31, 2022 ↗
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H.R. 7309, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
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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

55 cosponsors — 55 Democrats

0 of 55 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), James Langevin (D-RI), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI) and 25 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Scott.

Sponsor’s state and district

Virginia in Congress · VA-3 district

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