House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 25, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4844.
- 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. 128, July 25, 2023, Page H3950):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: worker trainingSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 104 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4844, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4844
- 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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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
41 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 35 Democrats
6 of 41 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Sean Casten (D-IL), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Josh Harder (D-CA), David Joyce (R-OH), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Marcus Molinaro (R-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Pocan.
- H.R. 5685 (118th) Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2023
- 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. 3111 (118th) Words Matter Act of 2023
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.