House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
21st Century SKILLS Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 29, 2023
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Sep 29, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5852.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NORCROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 159, September 29, 2023, Page H4911):Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18) The single subject of this legislation is: Workforce DevelopmentSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 29, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 117 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5852, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5852
- 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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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Steven Horsford (D-NV), Lucy McBath (D-GA), David Trone (D-MD).
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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.