House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
LEAP Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2023
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1536.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BUDZINSKI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 46, March 10, 2023, Page H1280):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Workforce DevelopmentSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 120 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1536, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1536
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 February 4, 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
20 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 16 Democrats
4 of 20 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Mike Carey (R-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Josh Harder (D-CA), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Michael Rulli (R-OH), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Dina Titus (D-NV), David Trone (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nikki Budzinski.
- H.R. 5785 (118th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the requirements of the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship.
- H.R. 6720 (118th) To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization grant program.
- H.R. 3955 (118th) Increasing Land Access, Security, and Opportunities Act
- H.R. 8040 (118th) To limit the closure or consolidation of any United States Postal Service processing and distribution center in Postal Service regions…
- H.R. 9193 (118th) Secure and Affordable Broadband Extension Act
- H.R. 4054 (118th) Trauma Support and Mental Health in Schools Reauthorization Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.