House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Digital Skills for Today’s Workforce Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 17, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8056.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SPANBERGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 67, April 17, 2024, Page H2503):Article I Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to establish a digital skills at work grant program.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 169 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8056, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8056
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 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 September 25, 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
6 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 5 Democrats
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), David Trone (D-MD), David Valadao (R-CA).
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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.