House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting America’s Workers Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2998.
- 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. 169, No. 72, April 28, 2023, Page H2119):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Workplace safety and healthSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 91 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2998, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2998
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 July 21, 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
37 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 35 Democrats
2 of 37 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Don Bacon (R-NE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Angie Craig (D-MN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), John Larson (D-CT), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Robert Scott (D-VA) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney.
- H.R. 4508 (118th) Hidden Fee Disclosure Act of 2023
- H.R. 2663 (118th) Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
- H.Res. 334 (118th) Recognizing the significance of "Community College Month" as a celebration of more than 1,000 institutions throughout the United States…
- H.R. 4986 (118th) Student Loan Interest Elimination Act
- H.R. 5138 (118th) Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023
- H.R. 5249 (118th) Coast Guard Academy Safe-to-Report Parity Act
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.