House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Essential Skills and Child Care for Health Professions Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 20, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4781.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CHU, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 125, July 20, 2023, Page H3890):Clause 1 of Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To remove barriers to health professions by providing resources to access foundational educational training, such as English language proficiency and adult basic education, and to require the provision of child care, in demonstration projects funded under the health profession opportunity grant program under section 2008 of the Social Security Act.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 460 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4781, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4781
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 20, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Judy Chu.
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- H.R. 9244 (118th) NO BAN Act
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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.