House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Language Access for Workers Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 13, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 13, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8739.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHIFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 100, June 13, 2024, Page H4063):Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: LaborSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 13, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 92 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8739, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8739
- 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adam Schiff.
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- H.R. 4184 (118th) Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2023
- H.R. 4392 (118th) PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2023
- H.R. 6063 (118th) Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2023
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.