House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 28, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8549.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COURTNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 126, July 28, 2022, Page H7405):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 28, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8549, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8549
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6463458f9227769a824d51a6183db050ec87cfb46ba980b778c4c6b549fc54c9
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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8549, last updated July 21, 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
10 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 7 Democrats
3 of 10 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Mayra Flores (R-TX), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney.
- H.R. 1195 (117th) Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
- H.R. 6087 (117th) Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2022
- H.R. 3650 (117th) Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2021
- H.R. 4635 (117th) School Milk Nutrition Act of 2021
- H.R. 2876 (117th) Protecting America’s Workers Act
- H.R. 394 (117th) COVID–19 Student Loan Relief Extension Act
Related bills
- H.R. 9974 (119th) Young Farmer Success 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.