House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Ending Mandates on Head Start Educators Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 2, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 794.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 22, February 2, 2023, Page H682):Article I; Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing, enforcing, or otherwise giving effect to the rule entitled ``Vaccine and Mask Requirements To Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Head Start Programs.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 289 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 794, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/794
- 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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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
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), John Moolenaar (R-MI), John Rutherford (R-FL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.