House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
World LEAP Act
Open in Bill Explorer →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 House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5603.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PANETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 152, September 20, 2023, Page H4439):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: EducationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 20, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 84 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5603, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5603
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5603, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
6 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 4 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jimmy Panetta.
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- H.R. 1763 (118th) Military Family Nutrition Act of 2023
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- H.R. 1685 (118th) E-BIKE 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.