House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
American Workforce Empowerment Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 12, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 12, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 329.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FINSTAD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 10, January 12, 2023, Page H235):To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all Powers vested by this Constitution in the Governlrlent of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 227 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 329, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/329
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 24, 2024
- 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 August 24, 2024). 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
70 cosponsors — 58 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 70 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Mike Bost (R-IL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Mike Carey (R-OH), John Carter (R-TX), Ben Cline (R-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), John Curtis (R-UT), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Donald Davis (D-NC), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Ron Estes (R-KS), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) and 40 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brad Finstad.
- H.R. 7198 (118th) Prove It Act of 2024
- H.R. 2423 (118th) Farm Credit Administration Independent Authority Act
- H.R. 5107 (118th) Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Recoupment Act
- H.R. 1011 (118th) Audit and Return It Act
- H.R. 5631 (118th) Producer and Agricultural Credit Enhancement Act of 2023
- H.R. 7900 (118th) EPA Accountability to Farm Country 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.