House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Opportunity to Compete Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 16, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 25, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5960.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 169, October 16, 2023, Page H5016):Article I Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Degree requirements in employer hiring practicesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 16, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 111 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5960, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5960
- 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
9 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 6 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Angie Craig (D-MN), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), John James (R-MI), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Marie Perez (D-WA), Brandon Williams (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
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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.