House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Reaching English Learners Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 23, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3605.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIJALVA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 87, May 23, 2023, Page H2546):U.S. Const. art. I, Sec. Sec. 1 and 8. The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation funds teacher preparation programs that train future EL teachers.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 164 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3605, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3605
- 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.
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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
15 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 14 Democrats
1 of 15 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Scott Peters (D-CA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), David Trone (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 10436 (119th) Reaching English Learners ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.