House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Fair Wages for Incarcerated Workers Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver D-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 8, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 8, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6293.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLEAVER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 185, November 8, 2023, Page H5652):Due to Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Requiring coverage of incarcerated workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 8, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 156 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6293, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6293
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
21 cosponsors — 21 Democrats
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Cori Bush (D-MO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver.
- H.R. 6367 (118th) Armed Conflict Migration Act of 2023
- H.R. 1572 (118th) Hello Girls Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2023
- H.R. 3682 (118th) Cady Housh and Gemesha Thomas Student Suicide Prevention Act of 2023
- H.R. 1387 (118th) Civics Learning Act of 2023
- H.R. 2825 (118th) Prison Libraries Act of 2023
- H.Res. 509 (118th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to support the rights of youth in the foster care system.
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.