House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
American Teacher Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2023
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Feb 8, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 882.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILSON of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 26, February 8, 2023, Page H782):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: K-12 Education; Teacher SalariesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 8, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 96 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 882, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/882
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
472b3e9f3b8412d0ae5427318991a46ee9dc039dbfac4ab6bf3104a8147e8f01
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 882, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
98 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 97 Democrats
1 of 98 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA) and 68 more.
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.