House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Food Worker Pay Standards Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 11, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 24, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4559.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POCAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 118, July 11, 2023, Pages H3207-H3208):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: food worker pay standardsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 11, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 114 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4559, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4559
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Pocan.
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- H.Res. 173 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of February 27 through March 3, 2023, as "Public Schools Week".
- H.Res. 1032 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of February 26 through March 1, 2024, as "Public Schools Week".
- H.R. 6470 (118th) Restore Honor to Service Members Act of 2023
- H.R. 8807 (118th) Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act of 2024
- H.R. 4844 (118th) Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.