House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

Put Our Neighbors to Work Act of 2023

H.R. 5596Introduced Sep 20, 2023Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Where it went

IntroducedSep 20, 2023
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 20, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5596.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KIM of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 152, September 20, 2023, Pages H4438-H4439):
Article I, Section 8, clause 14 The single subject of this legislation is: Put Our Neighbors to Work Act
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 20, 2023 ↗
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 6, 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

3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats

1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.

John Garamendi (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), August Pfluger (R-TX).

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andy Kim.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Jersey in Congress · NJ-3 district

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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.