House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Opening Doors for Youth Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 14, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 14, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5511.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 149, September 14, 2023, Pages H4348-H4349):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: Paid work-based learning opportunities for opportunity youth.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 167 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5511, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5511
- 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 21, 2025). 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Scott.
- H.R. 20 (118th) Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023
- H.R. 2725 (118th) Do No Harm Act
- H.R. 4889 (118th) Raise the Wage Act of 2023
- H.R. 5049 (118th) Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2023
- H.R. 2976 (118th) Child Care for Working Families Act
- H.R. 2851 (118th) National Apprenticeship 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.