House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Professional Growth and Retention Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 1, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 1, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6548.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DUARTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 198, December 1, 2023, Page H6081):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Amending the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to provide local areas more flexibility in the use of funds for incumbent workforce training programs.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 1, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 220 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6548, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6548
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
16933691175703f58abc27b4dfb22ea6272549b16c4554448e41daf6df5ceb9b
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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Duarte.
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- H.R. 8880 (118th) Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act
- H.R. 9942 (118th) Valley Fever Awareness and Vaccine Development and Manufacturing Act of 2024
- H.R. 8495 (118th) EV Fair Trade Act of 2024
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.